different between used vs ragged

English

Etymology

From Middle English used, equivalent to use +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ju?zd/
• (past of use): enPR: yo?ozd, IPA^(key): /ju?zd/
• (auxiliary verb): IPA^(key): /ju?zd/, /ju?st/
• Rhymes: -u?st

Verb

used

1. simple past tense and past participle of use
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75

     In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.

   You used me!

2. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]

   He used to live here, but moved away last year.

Adjective

used (comparative more used, superlative most used)

1. That is or has or have been used.

2. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.

3. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
   • 1965, Bob Dylan, "Like a Rolling Stone"

     Nobody's ever taught you how to live out on the street and now you're gonna have to get used to it.

Synonyms

• (having been used):
• (previously owned by someone else): pre-owned, second-hand

Antonyms

• (having been used): unused
• (previously owned by someone else): new

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• usedness

Translations

See also

• used to

Anagrams

• Dues, desu, dues, duse, sued

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ragged, from North Germanic. Compare with Old Norse r?gvaðr (“tufted”) and Norwegian ragget (“shaggy”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?g'?d, IPA^(key): /??æ??d/

Adjective

ragged (comparative more ragged, superlative most ragged)

1. In tatters, having the texture broken.

   a ragged coat

   a ragged sail

2. Having rough edges; jagged or uneven

   ragged rocks

3. Harsh-sounding; having an unpleasant noise
   • 1912, David Herbert Lawrence, The Trespasser, Chapter 12

     There was a ragged noise of bleating from the flock penned in a corner of the yard. Two red-armed men seized a sheep, hauled it to a large bath that stood in the middle of the yard, and there held it, more or less in the bath, whilst a third man baled a dirty yellow liquid over its body.

4. Wearing tattered clothes.

   a ragged fellow

5. Rough; shaggy; rugged.
   • 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:

     Seeking out the poorer quarters
     Where the ragged people go

6. Faulty; lacking in skill, reliability, or organization.
7. (music) performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.
8. (computing) Of a data structure: having uneven levels.

   a ragged hierarchy

   a ragged array, consisting of a number of arrays of varying size

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From rag

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?gd, IPA^(key): /?æ?d/

Verb

ragged

1. simple past tense and past participle of rag

Anagrams

• Dagger, dagger, dragge

Middle English

Alternative forms

• raggid, ragget, raggede, raggyd, ragyd, reaggeth, raged, raggit

Etymology

From Old Norse raggaðr; equivalent to and reinforced by ragge +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?id/

Adjective

ragged

1. ragged, raggy, raglike
2. shaggy, furry
3. rough, jagged, spiked

Descendants

• English: ragged
• Scots: raggit

References

• “ragged(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.