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Cloth (noun)
A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
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Cloth (noun)
A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
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Cloth (noun)
Substance or essence; the whole of something complex.
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Cloth (noun)
Appearance; seeming.
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Cloth (noun)
A form of attire that represents a particular profession or status.
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Cloth (noun)
Priesthood, clergy.
“He is a respected man of the cloth.”
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Rag (noun)
Tattered clothes.
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Rag (noun)
A piece of old cloth; a tattered piece of cloth; a shred, a tatter.
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Rag (noun)
A shabby, beggarly fellow; a ragamuffin.
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Rag (noun)
A ragged edge in metalworking.
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Rag (noun)
A sail, or any piece of canvas.
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Rag (noun)
A newspaper, magazine.
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Rag (noun)
A poor, low-ranking kicker.
“I have ace-four on my hand. In other words, I have ace-rag.”
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Rag (noun)
A coarse kind of rock, somewhat cellular in texture; ragstone.
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Rag (noun)
A prank or practical joke.
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Rag (noun)
A society run by university students for the purpose of charitable fundraising.
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Rag (noun)
An informal dance party featuring music played by African-American string bands. 19th c.
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Rag (noun)
A ragtime song, dance or piece of music. from 19th c.
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Rag (verb)
To become tattered.
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Rag (verb)
To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
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Rag (verb)
To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone.
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Rag (verb)
To scold or tell off; to torment; to banter.
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Rag (verb)
To drive a car or another vehicle in a hard, fast or unsympathetic manner.
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Rag (verb)
To tease or torment, especially at a university; to bully, to haze.
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Rag (verb)
To play or compose (a piece, melody, etc.) in syncopated time.
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Rag (verb)
To dance to ragtime music.
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Rag (verb)
To add syncopation (to a tune) and thereby make it appropriate for a ragtime song.
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Cloth (noun)
woven or felted fabric made from wool, cotton, or a similar fibre
“a cloth bag”
“a broad piece of pleated cloth”
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Cloth (noun)
a piece of cloth for cleaning or covering something, e.g. a dishcloth or a tablecloth
“wipe clean with a damp cloth”
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Cloth (noun)
the clergy; the clerical profession
“has he given up all ideas of the cloth?”
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Rag (noun)
a piece of old cloth, especially one torn from a larger piece, used typically for cleaning things
“a piece of rag”
“he wiped his hands on an oily rag”
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Rag (noun)
old or tattered clothes
“street urchins dressed in rags”
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Rag (noun)
the smallest scrap of cloth or clothing
“not a rag of clothing has arrived to us this winter”
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Rag (noun)
a newspaper, typically one regarded as being of low quality
“the local rag”
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Rag (noun)
a herd of colts
“a rag of colts roamed the moorland”
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Rag (noun)
a programme of stunts, parades, and other entertainments organized by students to raise money for charity
“rag week”
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Rag (noun)
a boisterous prank or practical joke
“the college is preparing for a good old rag tonight”
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Rag (noun)
a large coarse roofing slate.
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Rag (noun)
a hard, coarse sedimentary rock that can be broken into thick slabs.
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Rag (noun)
a ragtime composition or tune.
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Rag (noun)
variant of raga
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Rag (verb)
give a decorative effect to (a painted surface) by applying paint, typically of a different colour, with a rag
“the background walls have been stippled above the dado rail and ragged below”
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Rag (verb)
apply (paint) to a surface with a rag.
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Rag (verb)
make fun of (someone) in a boisterous manner
“he ragged me about not smoking or drinking”
“despite the way I sometimes rag her, she is my sister”
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Rag (verb)
rebuke severely
“I ragged a restaurant last week for mangling Key lime pie”
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Rag (verb)
keep possession of (the puck) by skilful stick-handling and avoidance of opponents, so as to waste time
“players ragged the puck in mid-ice to kill off penalties”