--- title: R — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 2 description: The 1025 words of the English dictionary under R, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / R # R — The English dictionary · page 2 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) **2** [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/3/) … [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/page/55/) **radiance** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Radiance is bright light shining out from something.[↗](../../radiance/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Radiance is a happy, glowing look on a face.[↗](../../radiance/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The moon gave a silver radiance.[↗](../../radiance/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face shone with radiance.[↗](../../radiance/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The pearl glittered with a fine radiance.[↗](../../radiance/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **radiant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Shining brightly; giving off light or warmth.[↗](../../radiant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a person) Looking very happy, healthy or beautiful, as if glowing.[↗](../../radiant/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Sent out as rays: radiant heat, radiant energy.[↗](../../radiant/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bride looked radiant in her white dress.[↗](../../radiant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave me a radiant smile.[↗](../../radiant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The radiant sun warmed the beach.[↗](../../radiant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The fire gave off radiant heat.[↗](../../radiant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Radiant energy from the Sun reaches the Earth in about eight minutes.[↗](../../radiant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her face was radiant with happiness when she won.[↗](../../radiant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The king's castle was surrounded by lofty towers, and radiant light streamed from all the windows.[↗](../../radiant/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They looked unto Him, and were radiant; and their faces shall never be abashed.[↗](../../radiant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.34.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../radiant/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then thou shalt see and be radiant, and thy heart shall throb and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.[↗](../../radiant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.60.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../radiant/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **radiation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Radiation is energy that travels as invisible waves or tiny particles, like light, heat, X-rays and radio waves.[↗](../../radiation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Radiation often means the dangerous kind given off by radioactive things, which can harm living things in large amounts.[↗](../../radiation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Radiation is a medical treatment for some cancers that uses strong rays.[↗](../../radiation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Sun's heat reaches us by radiation.[↗](../../radiation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · UV radiation from the sun can burn your skin.[↗](../../radiation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · X-rays are a kind of radiation.[↗](../../radiation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A fire warms you by radiation.[↗](../../radiation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign warned of radiation danger.[↗](../../radiation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her aunt had radiation treatment in hospital.[↗](../../radiation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mobile phones use radio waves, a weak radiation.[↗](../../radiation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dark clothes absorb more radiation from the sun.[↗](../../radiation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **radiator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A radiator is a flat metal heater, usually under a window, that warms a room when hot water or steam flows through it.[↗](../../radiator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A radiator is also the part at the front of a car engine that keeps the engine cool.[↗](../../radiator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put your wet gloves on the radiator to dry.[↗](../../radiator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The radiator in our classroom is very hot, so don't lean on it.[↗](../../radiator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad bled the radiator because it was cold at the top.[↗](../../radiator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Warm air rises from the radiator and moves round the room.[↗](../../radiator/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The car stopped because the radiator leaked.[↗](../../radiator/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the radiator down; it's boiling in here.[↗](../../radiator/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat loves sleeping on the radiator shelf.[↗](../../radiator/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our old house has big iron radiators.[↗](../../radiator/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **radical** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Very big and basic, changing the most important parts of something: a radical change.[↗](../../radical/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Having very strong or extreme ideas about how society or politics should change.[↗](../../radical/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A person with extreme political ideas.[↗](../../radical/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (maths) To do with roots, such as the square root sign √, which is called the radical sign.[↗](../../radical/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (science) A free radical is an atom or group of atoms with an unpaired electron, which reacts easily.[↗](../../radical/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (slang, US, dated) Really cool or amazing — "Radical, dude!".[↗](../../radical/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The new head teacher made radical changes to the timetable.[↗](../../radical/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Moving from the city to a farm was a radical change for our family.[↗](../../radical/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some radicals wanted to get rid of the king.[↗](../../radical/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths, the radical sign √ means "square root of".[↗](../../radical/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · √25 is called a radical expression, and it equals 5.[↗](../../radical/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · "That skateboard trick was radical!" shouted the surfer dude.[↗](../../radical/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her idea to have no homework at all seemed radical to the teachers.[↗](../../radical/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Fifth Path is called the Radical Intelligence, because it is itself the essence equal to the Unity, uniting itself to the BINAH or Intelligence which emanates from the primordial depths of Wisdom or CHOCHMAH.[↗](../../radical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../radical/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **radio** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A radio is a machine that receives sounds sent through the air by electric waves, so you can listen to music, news and talk.[↗](../../radio/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The radio is the programmes broadcast this way.[↗](../../radio/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Radio is a way of sending messages by invisible waves, used by pilots, police and ships.[↗](../../radio/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To radio someone is to send them a message by radio.[↗](../../radio/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad listens to the news on the radio.[↗](../../radio/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the radio down, please.[↗](../../radio/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My favourite song came on the radio.[↗](../../radio/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot radioed the control tower.[↗](../../radio/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Radio waves travel through space.[↗](../../radio/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We lost radio contact with the boat.[↗](../../radio/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep a wind-up radio for emergencies.[↗](../../radio/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **radioactive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something radioactive gives off strong, invisible energy called radiation because the centres of its atoms are breaking apart.[↗](../../radioactive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, joking) Radioactive can describe something so unpopular or dangerous that everyone stays away from it.[↗](../../radioactive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Uranium is radioactive.[↗](../../radioactive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Marie Curie studied radioactive elements.[↗](../../radioactive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Radioactive waste must be stored safely for thousands of years.[↗](../../radioactive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The area around Chernobyl is still radioactive.[↗](../../radioactive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Doctors use radioactive substances to find and treat illnesses.[↗](../../radioactive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · You cannot see, hear or smell radiation, so workers wear special badges to measure it.[↗](../../radioactive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In comics, a radioactive spider gave Peter Parker his powers.[↗](../../radioactive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After the scandal, the singer was radioactive — no company would hire him.[↗](../../radioactive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (informal)[↗](../../radioactive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **radioactivity** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Radioactivity is the giving off of invisible energy, called radiation, by the centres (nuclei) of some unstable atoms as they break down.[↗](../../radioactivity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Radioactivity is also a measure of how much of this radiation something gives off.[↗](../../radioactivity/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Marie Curie studied radioactivity and discovered radium and polonium.[↗](../../radioactivity/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A Geiger counter clicks when it detects radioactivity.[↗](../../radioactivity/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · High levels of radioactivity can damage living cells.[↗](../../radioactivity/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bananas have a tiny, harmless amount of radioactivity.[↗](../../radioactivity/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the Chernobyl accident, radioactivity spread over a wide area.[↗](../../radioactivity/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists use radioactivity to date very old objects.[↗](../../radioactivity/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The yellow warning sign means radioactivity is present.[↗](../../radioactivity/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **radiocarbon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A kind of carbon, called carbon-14, that is slightly radioactive and slowly breaks down over thousands of years.[↗](../../radiocarbon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Using carbon-14 to find out how old something is: «radiocarbon dating».[↗](../../radiocarbon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Radiocarbon dating showed the wooden boat was 3,000 years old.[↗](../../radiocarbon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists used radiocarbon to date the bones in the cave.[↗](../../radiocarbon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Radiocarbon dating only works on things that were once alive.[↗](../../radiocarbon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Shroud of Turin was tested by radiocarbon dating in 1988.[↗](../../radiocarbon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · You cannot use radiocarbon to date dinosaur bones; they are far too old.[↗](../../radiocarbon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Half of the radiocarbon in a sample breaks down in about 5,730 years.[↗](../../radiocarbon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **radiograph** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A radiograph is an X-ray picture of the inside of the body or an object.[↗](../../radiograph/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The radiograph showed a broken bone.[↗](../../radiograph/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist took a radiograph of my teeth.[↗](../../radiograph/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A radiographer takes radiographs in the hospital.[↗](../../radiograph/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (everyday) I had an X-ray of my arm.[↗](../../radiograph/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The radiograph showed a coin in the dog's stomach.[↗](../../radiograph/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor studied the radiograph.[↗](../../radiograph/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Radiographs show bones as white shapes.[↗](../../radiograph/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Museums use radiographs to look inside old paintings.[↗](../../radiograph/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **radiographic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (medicine, science) To do with X-ray pictures and other images of the inside of the body or objects: «a radiographic image of the knee».[↗](../../radiographic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Made using X-rays: «a radiographic test of a metal pipe».[↗](../../radiographic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The radiographic image showed a small crack in the bone.[↗](../../radiographic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist took radiographic pictures of my teeth.[↗](../../radiographic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Engineers did a radiographic check of the bridge's welds.[↗](../../radiographic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Radiographic evidence showed the statue had a hidden metal rod inside.[↗](../../radiographic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A radiographer is trained to take radiographic images safely.[↗](../../radiographic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet looked at radiographic pictures of the dog's leg.[↗](../../radiographic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **radish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A radish is a small crunchy root vegetable, often red outside and white inside, with a hot peppery taste, usually eaten raw in salads.[↗](../../radish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We grew radishes in the school garden.[↗](../../radish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The radish tasted hot and peppery.[↗](../../radish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Radishes grow quickly.[↗](../../radish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum sliced radishes into the salad.[↗](../../radish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A radish is a root you can eat.[↗](../../radish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our radish seeds sprouted in three days.[↗](../../radish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · First he ate some lettuces and some French beans; and then he ate some radishes;[↗](../../radish/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **radium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A rare, radioactive metal element (symbol Ra) that gives off dangerous radiation and glows faintly in the dark.[↗](../../radium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Marie Curie discovered radium with her husband Pierre.[↗](../../radium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Radium glows with a faint blue-green light.[↗](../../radium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Radium is radioactive, so it is very dangerous to touch.[↗](../../radium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Old watches had radium paint so you could read them in the dark.[↗](../../radium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Radium Girls got ill from licking their paintbrushes.[↗](../../radium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Radium's symbol in the periodic table is Ra.[↗](../../radium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **radius** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (maths) A straight line from the centre of a circle to its edge, or the length of that line.[↗](../../radius/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A distance around a place in every direction: «within a 5-mile radius».[↗](../../radius/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (body) One of the two bones in the forearm, on the thumb side.[↗](../../radius/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The radius of this circle is 4 cm, so the diameter is 8 cm.[↗](../../radius/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a circle with a radius of 3 cm using a compass.[↗](../../radius/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · All pupils living within a two-mile radius can walk to school.[↗](../../radius/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He broke his radius when he fell off the trampoline.[↗](../../radius/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The radius goes from the centre to the edge.[↗](../../radius/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A circle's area is π times the radius squared.[↗](../../radius/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **raf** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (abbreviation) The RAF: the Royal Air Force, the air force of the United Kingdom, founded in 1918.[↗](../../raf/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Australia, NZ, Canada) RAAF, RNZAF and RCAF are the Royal Australian, New Zealand and Canadian Air Forces, named in the same way.[↗](../../raf/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My great-grandad flew Spitfires in the RAF.[↗](../../raf/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The RAF won the Battle of Britain in 1940.[↗](../../raf/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Red Arrows are the RAF's display team.[↗](../../raf/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · There is an RAF base near our town.[↗](../../raf/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She joined the RAF as an engineer.[↗](../../raf/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Winston Churchill praised the RAF pilots as «the few».[↗](../../raf/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **raffle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A way of raising money where people buy numbered tickets and winning tickets are drawn to get prizes.[↗](../../raffle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To offer something as a raffle prize.[↗](../../raffle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I bought three raffle tickets at the school fair.[↗](../../raffle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran won a hamper in the raffle.[↗](../../raffle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The club raffled a bike to raise money.[↗](../../raffle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The raffle will be drawn at four o'clock.[↗](../../raffle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tickets cost £1 each, or five for £4.[↗](../../raffle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If 200 tickets are sold and I have 4, my chance is 4 out of 200.[↗](../../raffle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **raft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A raft is a flat floating platform, often made of logs, planks or barrels tied together, used to travel on water.[↗](../../raft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A raft is also an inflatable rubber boat.[↗](../../raft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A raft of things means a large number of them.[↗](../../raft/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To raft means to travel on a raft, especially down a river (rafting).[↗](../../raft/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They built a raft from logs and rope.[↗](../../raft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our lolly-stick raft held twenty coins before it sank.[↗](../../raft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sailors climbed into the life raft.[↗](../../raft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We went rafting down the river with a guide.[↗](../../raft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Always wear a life jacket on a raft.[↗](../../raft/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The council announced a raft of new ideas.[↗](../../raft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A raft of ducks floated on the pond.[↗](../../raft/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dorothy sat down in the middle of the raft and held Toto in her arms.[↗](../../raft/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **rafter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* One of the long sloping beams of wood that hold up a roof.[↗](../../rafter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (phrase) «packed to the rafters» = completely full of people or things.[↗](../../rafter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Swallows built a nest in the rafters of the barn.[↗](../../rafter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Hams and bunches of herbs hung from the rafters.[↗](../../rafter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The hall was packed to the rafters for the concert.[↗](../../rafter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We could see the old wooden rafters in the attic.[↗](../../rafter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · An owl sat on a rafter, watching.[↗](../../rafter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The builders fixed new rafters on the roof.[↗](../../rafter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I looked down between the bare rafters and through the open loft into the comfortless space below.[↗](../../rafter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · By slothfulness the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.[↗](../../rafter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.10.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rafter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **rafts** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Rafts is more than one raft: flat floating platforms or rubber boats.[↗](../../rafts/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Rafts of» can mean lots of.[↗](../../rafts/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «He rafts» means he travels on a raft.[↗](../../rafts/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teams raced their rafts across the lake.[↗](../../rafts/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each group built rafts from straws and tape.[↗](../../rafts/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship carried enough life rafts for everyone.[↗](../../rafts/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rafts drifted slowly down the river.[↗](../../rafts/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Which of the rafts held the most marbles?[↗](../../rafts/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle rafts down rivers every summer.[↗](../../rafts/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let us make several rafts, and carry them to a suitable place.[↗](../../rafts/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **rag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A rag is a piece of old cloth used for cleaning or wiping.[↗](../../rag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Rags are old, torn clothes.[↗](../../rag/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) A rag is a newspaper of poor quality.[↗](../../rag/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK informal) To rag someone is to tease them.[↗](../../rag/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (US slang) «On the rag» is a rude way to talk about a period; avoid it.[↗](../../rag/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wipe the paint off with a rag.[↗](../../rag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor boy was dressed in rags.[↗](../../rag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a rags to riches story.[↗](../../rag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad used an oily rag to clean the bike.[↗](../../rag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK) Don't lose your rag over a game.[↗](../../rag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Saying that to her is like a red rag to a bull.[↗](../../rag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) Grandad called the newspaper a rag.[↗](../../rag/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · (UK) The older boys ragged him about his haircut.[↗](../../rag/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was indeed poverty arrayed in rags.[↗](../../rag/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.[↗](../../rag/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.23.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rag/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against Me.[↗](../../rag/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.19.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rag/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.[↗](../../rag/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JON.1.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../rag/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) **2** 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