ragged

ragged
adjective
1) zerrissen; kaputt (ugs.); ausgefranst [Saum, Manschetten]
2) (rough, shaggy) zottig [Bart]
3) (jagged) zerklüftet [Felsen, Küste, Klippe]; (in tattered clothes) abgerissen; zerlumpt
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['ræɡid]
adjective
1) (dressed in old, worn or torn clothing: a ragged beggar.) zerlumpt
2) (torn: ragged clothes.) zerfetzt
3) (rough or uneven; not straight or smooth: a ragged edge.) zackig
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rag·ged
[ˈrægɪd]
adj
1. (torn) clothes zerlumpt, zerfetzt, zerrissen; cuffs, hem ausgefranzt
2. (wearing worn clothes) children zerlumpt
\ragged appearance verlottertes Erscheinungsbild pej
\ragged tramp abgerissener Landstreicher
3. (jagged)
\ragged coastline zerklüftete Küste
the leaves of this plant have \ragged edges die Blätter dieser Pflanze haben gezackte Ränder; (irregular) abgehackt
the patient's breathing was \ragged and uneven der Patient atmete stoßweise und unregelmäßig
4. (disorderly) people, group unorganisiert; esp in sports stümperhaft; rooms unordentlich; hair zottig
a \ragged line of people ein Menschenhaufen
5. COMPUT ausgefranst
6.
▶ to run sb \ragged (fam) jdn schlauchen fam
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['rgɪd]
adj
person, clothes zerlumpt, abgerissen; beard, hair zottig, strähnig; animal's coat zottig; coastline, rocks, hole zerklüftet; wound schartig, zerfetzt; edge, cuff ausgefranst; (fig) performance, singing stümperhaft

to run oneself ragged (inf) — sich selbst ganz fertig- or kaputtmachen or fix und fertig machen (inf)

on the ragged edge ( US fig ) —

ragged right (Typ) — Flattersatz m

to set sth ragged left/right (Typ) — etw rechts-/linksbündig setzen

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ragged [ˈræɡıd] adj (adv raggedly)
1. zerlumpt, abgerissen (Person, Kleidung):
ride (oder run) sb ragged US sl jemanden fertigmachen
2. struppig, zottig (Fell), strubb(e)lig (Haare)
3. ausgefranst, zerfetzt (Wunde)
4. zackig, gezackt, zerklüftet:
be on the ragged edge fig US am Rande des Abgrunds stehen
5. holp(e)rig (Reim etc)
6. zusammenhanglos (Rede etc)
7. verwildert (Garten etc)
8. a) roh, unfertig (Arbeit etc)
b) mangel-, fehlerhaft:
a ragged performance eine dilettantische Vorstellung
9. rau (Stimme)
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adjective
1) zerrissen; kaputt (ugs.); ausgefranst [Saum, Manschetten]
2) (rough, shaggy) zottig [Bart]
3) (jagged) zerklüftet [Felsen, Küste, Klippe]; (in tattered clothes) abgerissen; zerlumpt
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adj.
dilettantisch adj.
struppig adj.
stümperhaft adj.
zerlumpt adj.
zottig adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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