ragged
/ˈræɡɪd/adjective
उच्चारण रैगिड
फटा-पुराना, चिथड़ा
Core wordPYP · asked 3 times
Asked in previous papers
as synonym
- 1
(of clothes) old and torn
फटा-पुराना, चिथड़ा
- a ragged shirt
- He wore a ragged jacket with two missing buttons.
- The scarecrow wore a ragged coat and an old hat.
+ 2 more examples
- She patched her ragged jeans instead of throwing them away.
- The flag was ragged after years in the wind and rain.
Synonyms torn tattered threadbare shabby frayed
- 2
(of people) wearing old or torn clothes
फटेहाल, चिथड़ों में
- ragged children begging at the signal
- A group of ragged boys sold flags near the traffic signal.
- Ragged children gathered near the temple steps.
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- A ragged old man slept under the bridge.
- The charity gave warm clothes to the ragged families in the slum.
Synonyms shabby unkempt scruffy dishevelled
Opposite well-dressed smart neat
- 3
having an outline, an edge or a surface that is not straight or even
ऊबड़-खाबड़, टेढ़ा-मेढ़ा, असमान
- a ragged coastline
- The ragged edges of the paper showed that it had been torn by hand.
- The ragged cliffs rose out of the grey sea.
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- He tore the page and left a ragged line along its edge.
- A ragged line of clouds hung over the hills.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
ragged + noun (clothes / people)
Use ragged before nouns such as clothes, shirt or beggar for old and torn things or people in torn clothes.
पुराने और फटे कपड़ों या फटे कपड़े पहने लोगों के लिए 'ragged' को clothes, shirt या beggar जैसे noun से पहले रखें।
- A ragged boy sold newspapers at the signal.
- She wore a ragged old shawl.
ragged edge / outline / coast
For something uneven, use ragged before edge, outline, line or coastline.
असमतल चीज़ के लिए 'ragged' को edge, outline, line या coastline से पहले रखें।
- The torn paper had a ragged edge.
- A ragged line of cloud covered the hills.
ragged (breathing / voice / performance)
Ragged can describe uneven sound or an untidy effort, such as ragged breathing or a ragged performance.
'Ragged' असमान आवाज़ या अव्यवस्थित प्रयास का भी वर्णन कर सकता है, जैसे ragged breathing या ragged performance।
- He gave a ragged cheer as the team came in.
run sb ragged
This idiom means to make someone extremely tired by giving too much work; the object comes between run and ragged.
इस मुहावरे का अर्थ अधिक काम देकर किसी को बहुत थका देना है; object 'run' और 'ragged' के बीच आता है।
- The toddler ran his grandmother ragged all afternoon.
+Collocations 4
ragged + clothing
clothesshirtblanketjackettrousers
- The old man covered himself with a ragged blanket.
ragged + shape
edgeoutlinelinecliffhem
- Waves had cut the cliffs into a ragged shape.
ragged + sound / effort
breathingcheervoicestartperformance
- Her ragged breathing showed how far she had run.
adverb + ragged
badlyrathersomewhatveryslightly
- The badly ragged flag still flew over the fort.
“More examples 5
- The ragged flag fluttered over the old fort.
फटा हुआ झंडा पुराने किले पर लहरा रहा था।
- Radhika gave her ragged shoes to the cobbler to mend.
राधिका ने अपने फटे जूते मोची को मरम्मत के लिए दे दिए।
- The ragged hills appeared in the grey light of dawn.
सुबह की धूसर रोशनी में ऊबड़-खाबड़ पहाड़ियाँ दिखाई दीं।
- After the long march, the soldiers' voices were ragged and tired.
लंबी कूच के बाद सैनिकों की आवाज़ें लड़खड़ाती और थकी हुई थीं।
- Final-year exams ran the students ragged.
अंतिम वर्ष की परीक्षाओं ने विद्यार्थियों को थका डाला।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He wore ragged shirt.
✓ He wore a ragged shirt.
A singular countable noun needs a or the after the verb.
Singular countable noun से पहले a या the आवश्यक है।
✗ The boy was wearing a ragged clothes.
✓ The boy was wearing ragged clothes.
Clothes is plural and takes no a.
'Clothes' plural है और इसके साथ 'a' नहीं आता।
✗ The beggar's clothes was ragged.
✓ The beggar's clothes were ragged.
Clothes is plural, so the verb is were.
'Clothes' plural है, इसलिए verb 'were' आती है।
¶Idioms 1
run sb ragged
to make somebody do a lot of work so that they become very tired
(किसी को) थका डालना
- The new manager ran the staff ragged before the inspection.
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rag·ged
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Run sb ragged, from rags to riches (from poverty to wealth).
Idioms: run sb ragged, from rags to riches (गरीबी से अमीरी तक)।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
Old, torn clothes are rags or tatters.
पुराने फटे कपड़े rags या tatters।