[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rag \rag\ ra^g, v. i. imp.  p. p. ragged ra^gd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. ragging ra^g"gi^ng.
   to become tattered. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
ragged ragging 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ragged \rag"ged\ ra^g"ge^d, a. from rag, n.
   1. rent or worn into tatters, or till the texture is broken;
      as, a ragged coat; a ragged sail.
      1913 webster

   2. broken with rough edges; having jags; uneven; rough;
      jagged; as, ragged rocks.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, harsh and disagreeable to the ear; dissonant. r.
      "a ragged noise of mirth." --herbert.
      1913 webster

   4. wearing tattered clothes; as, a ragged fellow.
      1913 webster

   5. rough; shaggy; rugged.
      1913 webster

            what shepherd owns those ragged sheep? --dryden.
      1913 webster

   ragged lady bot., the fennel flower nigella
      damascena.

   ragged robin bot., a plant of the genus lychnis
      lychnis flos-cuculi, cultivated for its handsome
      flowers, which have the petals cut into narrow lobes.

   ragged sailor bot., prince's feather polygonum
      orientale.

   ragged school, a free school for poor children, where they
      are taught and in part fed; -- a name given at first
      because they came in their common clothing. eng.
      1913 webster -- rag"gedly, adv. -- rag"gedness, n.
      1913 webster raggie
see also:
rag ragged lady nigella damascena ragged robin lychnis lychnis flos-cuculi 
ragged sailor polygonum orientale ragged school rag"gedly rag"gedness 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ragged
     adj 1: being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn; "clothes
            as ragged as a scarecrow's"; "a ragged tramp"
     2: worn out from stress or strain; "run ragged"
     3: having an irregular outline; "text set with ragged right
        margins"; "herded the class into a ragged line"

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rag
     n 1: a small piece of cloth or paper syn: shred, tag, tag
          end, tatter
     2: a week at british universities during which side-shows and
        processions of floats are organized to raise money for
        charities syn: rag week
     3: music with a syncopated melody usually for the piano syn:
         ragtime
     4: newspaper with half-size pages syn: tabloid, sheet
     5: a boisterous practical joke especially by college students
     v 1: treat cruelly; "the children tormented the stuttering
          teacher" syn: torment, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
     2: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor
        irritations; "mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers
        me"; "it irritates me that she never closes the door after
        she leaves" syn: annoy, get to, bother, get at, irritate,
         rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
     3: play in ragtime; "rag that old tune"
     4: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "the children
        teased the new teacher"; "don't ride me so hard over my
        failure"; "his fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
        jacket and tie" syn: tease, razz, cod, tantalize,
         tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
     5: censure severely or angrily; "the mother scolded the child
        for entering a stranger's car"; "the deputy ragged the
        prime minister"; "the customer dressed down the waiter for
        bringing cold soup" syn: call on the carpet, rebuke,
        trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress
        down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out,
         remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste,
         lambast
     6: break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore"
     also: ragging, ragged
see also:
shred tag tag end tatter rag week ragtime 
tabloid sheet torment bedevil crucify 
dun frustrate annoy get to bother 
get at irritate rile nark nettle 
gravel vex chafe devil tease 
razz cod tantalize tantalise bait 
taunt twit rally ride call on the carpet 
rebuke trounce reproof lecture reprimand 
jaw dress down call down scold chide 
berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up 
have words lambaste lambast ragging ragged 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ragged
     see rag
see also:
rag 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

220 moby thesaurus words for "ragged":
   all in, bad, badgered, baited, battered, beat-up, bedeviled,
   bedraggled, beset, blowzy, brassy, brazen, broken-down, bugged,
   bullyragged, capricious, careless, changeable, changing, chintzy,
   chivied, choked, choppy, cleft, cloven, coarse, corrugated,
   cracked, cragged, craggy, crinkled, croaking, croaky, crumpled,
   cut, deteriorated, deviating, deviative, deviatory, deviled,
   different, dilapidated, discordant, disordered, disorderly,
   divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, dog-tired, dogged,
   dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, drabbletailed, draggled,
   draggletailed, dry, erose, erratic, exhausted, fagged out,
   fatigued, frayed, frazzled, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy,
   full of holes, grating, gravelly, grubby, gruff, guttural,
   harassed, harried, harsh, harsh-sounding, heckled, hectored,
   hoarse, holey, hounded, husky, imperfect, impulsive, in pieces,
   in rags, in shreds, in tatters, inconsistent, inconstant, informal,
   ironbound, irregular, jagged, jaggy, jerky, lacerate, lacerated,
   loose, lumpen, mangled, mercurial, messy, metallic, motley, mussy,
   mutable, mutilated, needled, neglected, negligent, nicked,
   nipped at, nonconformist, nonstandard, nonuniform, notched, patchy,
   persecuted, pestered, picked on, plagued, pluralistic, poky,
   pooped out, poor, quartered, raggedy, rasping, ratty, raucid,
   raucous, rent, ridged, ripped, riven, rockbound, rocky, rough,
   roupy, rude, rugged, rugose, rugous, ruinous, run-down,
   saw-toothed, sawtooth, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, scratchy,
   scruffy, seedy, serrate, serrated, severed, shabby, shaggy, shoddy,
   shredded, slack, slatternly, slipshod, slit, sloppy, slovenly,
   sluttish, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, sordid, spasmodic, spent,
   splintered, split, sporadic, squalid, squawking, squawky,
   stertorous, stony, strangled, tacky, tattered, tatty, teased,
   thick, threadbare, throaty, tinny, tired, toothed, tormented, torn,
   unequable, unequal, uneven, unkempt, unneat, unorthodox, unsightly,
   unstable, unsteady, unsystematic, untidy, ununiform, variable,
   variegated, variform, various, varying, wavering, weary, worn out,
   worried, wrinkled, zigzag

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