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# draggled

adjective; verb form (draggle, draggles, draggled, draggling — old-fashioned)

«draggled» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Wet, muddy and untidy, especially after being dragged through mud or rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/#m1)
2. Hanging limp and dirty, like the bottom of a long skirt or a bird's wet feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/#m2)

### In the lessons

An old-fashioned, picture-making word found in older children's books, as in «draggled and dirty». It shows a character who has been through rain, mud or a river and looks a mess. In Alice in Wonderland the creatures come out of the Pool of Tears «a queer-looking party» with draggled feathers and fur clinging close; the word fits that scene.

### Examples

- The birds climbed out of the pool with draggled feathers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/#x1)
- After the storm, the cat came home wet and draggled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/#x2)
- Her long skirt was draggled with mud from the lane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/#x3)
- Toad looked a draggled sight after falling into the river. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/#x4)
- The draggled flag hung from its pole in the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/#x5)
- We came back from the muddy walk tired and draggled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/#x6)
- When he revived, he was lying in the hot sun on the middle of a garden path, very draggled indeed, and a small boy was saying, “Here’s a dead mongoose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/#x7)

### Note

Old-fashioned; today people say «bedraggled», which means the same and is far more common. The verb «draggle» means to make wet and dirty by dragging. Do not confuse with «dragged».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «draggled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/draggled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«draggled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/draggled.html) on Mova free.