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noun
A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person engaged in tatting.
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verb
To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To fall into tatters.
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Usage: intransitive
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noun
a small piece of cloth or paper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rag, shred, tag, tag end
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Broader terms: piece of cloth, piece of material
Narrower terms: pine-tar rag
History
From Middle English tater, from Old Norse tǫturr, from Proto-Germanic *tat(t)uraz (“tuft, patch”). Cognate with Icelandic tötur (“rag, tatter”).
From tat + -er.
Across languages
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