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# ragged

«ragged» in Mova's school dictionary: **Old and torn, with holes and loose threads: «a ragged coat»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more ragged, most ragged)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Old and torn, with holes and loose threads: «a ragged coat». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#m1)

2) Wearing old, torn clothes: «a ragged child». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#m2)

3) Rough and uneven at the edges, not smooth: «a ragged coastline», «ragged clouds». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#m3)

4) Not well together; untidy, uneven or tired: «a ragged performance», «ragged breathing». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#m4)

5) (verb form) Past of «rag» (to tease): «They ragged him about his hat.» (UK, old-fashioned) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories ragged clothes show poverty or a long hard journey (Victorian street children); in geography a ragged coastline has many bays and points; in sport a ragged team plays badly. Phrases: «ragged clothes», «ragged edges», «run ragged» (made very tired).

### examples

- The poor boy in the story wore a ragged coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#x1)
- Tear the paper slowly or the edge will be ragged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#x2)
- Norway has a ragged coastline full of fjords. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#x3)
- The band gave a ragged performance after no practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#x4)
- Looking after twins runs Mum ragged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#x5)
- His breathing was ragged after the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#x6)
- The scarecrow's ragged hat flapped in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#x7)
- "I'm Elfin, the pig keeper," said the ragged youth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ragged/#x8)

### note

Pronounced RAG-id (two syllables) as an adjective; but as the past of the verb «rag» it is one syllable, RAGD. «Run someone ragged» means make them very tired. Related: rag, rags. Not the same as «rugged» (rough and strong).

### Trees and pragmatics

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