1 (of clothes) old and torn:
a ragged jacket
2 (of people) wearing old or torn clothes:
ragged children
3 having an outline, edge or surface that is not straight or even:
ragged clouds * a ragged coastline
4 not smooth or controlled:
I could hear the sound of his ragged breathing. * Their performance was still very ragged.
5 (informal) very tired, especially after physical effort
raggedly adverb:
raggedly dressed * She was breathing raggedly.
raggedness noun [U]
IDIOMS
run sb ragged (informal) to make sb do a lot of work or make a big effort so that they become tired:
For 20 minutes the other team ran us ragged.
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Is ragged a noun, verb, or something else?
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