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# rag

«rag» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a piece of old cloth used for cleaning or wiping** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a rag, rags); verb (rag, rags, ragged, ragging — UK informal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rag is a piece of old cloth used for cleaning or wiping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#m1)

2) Rags are old, torn clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#m2)

3) (informal) A rag is a newspaper of poor quality. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#m3)

4) (UK informal) To rag someone is to tease them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#m4)

5) (US slang) «On the rag» is a rude way to talk about a period; avoid it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Rags are the torn, worn clothes of the poor. The word "raging" in the sample sentences is a different word. Interpretation: Proverbs warns that drunkenness and sleeping too much lead to poverty. Jewish teaching values hard work. In the primary lessons: In everyday life rags are used for cleaning and polishing. In stories «rags to riches» means going from very poor to very rich, as in Cinderella. Phrases: «rags to riches», «like a red rag to a bull» (sure to make someone angry), «glad rags» (best clothes), «lose your rag» (UK, lose your temper).

### examples

- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. (Writings PRO.23.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x1)
- But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against Me. (Prophets 2KI.19.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x2)
- So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. (Prophets JON.1.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x3)
- Wipe the paint off with a rag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x4)
- The poor boy was dressed in rags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x5)
- It's a rags to riches story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x6)
- Dad used an oily rag to clean the bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x7)
- (UK) Don't lose your rag over a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x8)
- Saying that to her is like a red rag to a bull. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x9)
- (informal) Grandad called the newspaper a rag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x10)
- (UK) The older boys ragged him about his haircut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x11)
- It was indeed poverty arrayed in rags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/#x12)

### note

Countable. Note «ragged» (RAG-id) as an adjective means torn and old: ragged clothes; as a past verb it is «ragged» (ragd). The US slang period use is rude.

### In the corpora

- [For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.669/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rag» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rag/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.