rag

«rag» in Mova's judaism dictionary: a piece of old cloth used for cleaning or wiping — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a rag, rags); verb (rag, rags, ragged, ragging — UK informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) A rag is a piece of old cloth used for cleaning or wiping. tree →

2) Rags are old, torn clothes. tree →

3) (informal) A rag is a newspaper of poor quality. tree →

4) (UK informal) To rag someone is to tease them. tree →

5) (US slang) «On the rag» is a rude way to talk about a period; avoid it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Rags are the torn, worn clothes of the poor. The word "raging" in the sample sentences is a different word. Interpretation: Proverbs warns that drunkenness and sleeping too much lead to poverty. Jewish teaching values hard work. In the primary lessons: In everyday life rags are used for cleaning and polishing. In stories «rags to riches» means going from very poor to very rich, as in Cinderella. Phrases: «rags to riches», «like a red rag to a bull» (sure to make someone angry), «glad rags» (best clothes), «lose your rag» (UK, lose your temper).

examples

• For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. (Writings PRO.23.21, JPS 1917) tree →
• But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against Me. (Prophets 2KI.19.27, JPS 1917) tree →
• So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging. (Prophets JON.1.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• Wipe the paint off with a rag. tree →
• The poor boy was dressed in rags. tree →
• It's a rags to riches story. tree →
• Dad used an oily rag to clean the bike. tree →
• (UK) Don't lose your rag over a game. tree →
• Saying that to her is like a red rag to a bull. tree →
• (informal) Grandad called the newspaper a rag. tree →
• (UK) The older boys ragged him about his haircut. tree →
• It was indeed poverty arrayed in rags. tree →

note

Countable. Note «ragged» (RAG-id) as an adjective means torn and old: ragged clothes; as a past verb it is «ragged» (ragd). The US slang period use is rude.

In the corpora

• For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rag» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.