tatter

ˈtætər

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Definition of tatter - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

clothing

Rare

small piece of torn cloth or clothing

Rare

He found a tatter of his old shirt.

rag

shred

appearance

Rare

ragged condition or state

Rare

The flag was in tatters after the storm..

rag

shred

Verb

damage clothing

tr.

Rare

tear or wear into ragged strips

tr.

Rare

He tattered his jeans while climbing the fence..

shred

tear

intransitive process

intr.

Rare

fall into a state of disrepair

intr.

Rare

The flag tattered in the harsh wind.

decay

deteriorate

disintegrate

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Images of tatter

small piece of torn cloth or clothing

Origin of tatter

Old Norse, tǫturr (rag)

Examples of tatter in a sentence

She patched the tatter on her jeans.
His clothes were reduced to tatters.
The book fell apart, its pages in tatters.
The fabric tattered after years of use.
She tattered the paper in frustration.
The old book began to tatter over the years.

Her favorite sweater started to tatter at the edges.

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French:lambeau, déchirer, ...
German:Fetzen, zerfetzen, ...
Italian:brandello, stracciare, ...
Spanish:pedazo, hacer jirones, ...
Portuguese:farrapo, rasgar, ...
Chinese:破布, 撕裂, ...
Japanese:切れ端, ぼろぼろにする, ...
Arabic:خِرْقَة, مَزَّقَ, ...
Hebrew:פיסת בַּד קָרוּעַ, לִקְרוֹעַ, ...
Russian:лоскут, рвать, ...
Ukrainian:латка, порвати, ...
Hindi:चिथड़ा, फाड़ना, ...
Bengali:ছেঁড়া টুকরো, ছিঁড়ে ফেলা, ...
Catalan:trosset, esparracar, ...
Czech:cár, rozedrat, ...
Danish:las, flænse, ...
Dutch:flard, verscheuren, ...
Greek:κουρέλι, κουρελιάζω, ...
Hungarian:rongydarab, széttépni, ...
Khmer:កំណាត់ក្រណាត់រហែក, ហែកឲ្យរហែករយ៉ាង, ...
Korean:누더기, 찢다, ...
Persian:تکه‌پاره, پاره کردن, ...
Polish:strzęp, podrzeć, ...
Portuguese (BR):farrapo, rasgar, ...
Romanian:petic, a sfâșia, ...
Swedish:trasa, slita sönder, ...
Thai:เศษผ้า, ฉีกขาด, ...
Turkish:parça, paramparça etmek, ...
Vietnamese:mảnh vải rách, rách nát, ...

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