Tattered

  • 1tattered — [adj] shredded badly dressed, badly worn, battered, broken, dilapidated, frayed, frazzled, full of holes*, in rags, in shreds, in tatters*, moth eaten, poorly made, ripped, rugged, scraggy, seedy, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, threadbare, torn, torn to …

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  • 2tattered — ► ADJECTIVE 1) old and torn. 2) ruined; in tatters …

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  • 3tattered — [tat′ərd] adj. [ME tatered] 1. in tatters; torn and ragged 2. wearing torn and ragged clothes …

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  • 4tattered — [[t]tæ̱tə(r)d[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If something such as clothing or a book is tattered, it is damaged or torn, especially because it has been used a lot over a long period of time. He fled wearing only a sarong and a tattered shirt. ...a very old,… …

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  • 5tattered — adjective Date: 14th century 1. wearing ragged clothes < a tattered barefoot boy > 2. torn into shreds ; ragged < a tattered flag > 3. a. broken down ; dilapidated < decaying houses along …

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  • 6Tattered — Tatter Tat ter, v. t. [p. p. {Tattered}.] To rend or tear into rags; used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective. [1913 Webster] Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. Pope. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7tattered — /tat euhrd/, adj. 1. torn to tatters; ragged: a tattered flag. 2. wearing ragged clothing: a tattered old man. [1300 50; ME; see TATTER1 (n.), ED3] * * * …

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  • 8tattered — tat|tered [ˈtætəd US ərd] adj clothes, books etc that are tattered are old and torn ▪ He produced a tattered envelope from his pocket …

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  • 9tattered — adjective 1 clothes, books etc that are tattered are old and torn: an old man in a tattered brown coat 2 dressed in old torn clothes …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10tattered — tat•tered [[t]ˈtæt ərd[/t]] adj. 1) torn to tatters; ragged: a tattered flag[/ex] 2) wearing ragged clothing: a tattered old man[/ex] • Etymology: 1300–50 …

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