Rag

Definition

rag 1 /ræg/ n ၁။ [C, U] အဝတ္စုတ္။ an oily rag ❍ Wipe off the excess dirt with an old rag. See also GLAD RAGS ၂။ [C] ( dated infml usu derog ) သတင္းစာ။ I read it in the local rag. ❏ in rags [ IDM ] အစုတ္စုတ္အျပတ္ျပတ္။ be dressed in rags. ❏ rag-bag n [sing] အ႐ူးလြယ္အိတ္။ a rag-bag of ideas. ❏ rag doll n အဝတ္႐ုပ္။ She lay unconscious in the road like a rag doll. ❏ (from) rags to riches [ IDM ] ေန႔ခ်င္းညခ်င္း ႀကီးပြားျခင္း။ ႂကြက္ေသတစ္ခု အရင္းျပဳေသာ ျဖစ္စဥ္။ a classic tale of rags to riches ❍ Hers was a true rags-to-riches story. ❏ the rag trade n [sing] ( dated infml ) အထည္ခ်ဳပ္ လုပ္ငန္း။ go into the rag trade. ❏ rag week n [usu sing] ( Brit ) အလႉေငြရရန္ ေက်ာင္းသား မ်ား ႏွစ္စဥ္က်င္းပေသာ ေပ်ာ္ပြဲရႊင္ပြဲ။ rag 2 /ræg/ v ( -gg-) ~ sb (about/ for sth) ( dated Brit infml ) စသည္။ rag 3 /ræg/ n ရက္ဂ္တိုင္းတီးလံုး။ See also RAGTIME

Examples

1. An oily rag
2. [in rags] : The little girl was dressed in rags.
3. There was a report in the local rag about it.