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