shrag
UK/ˈʃɹæɡ/
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British/ˈʃɹaɡ/
shrag noun: a twig cut from a tree.
Noun
shrag (plural shrags)
Verb
shrag (third-person singular simple present shrags, present participle shragging, simple past and past participle shragged)
- To cut or lop; to trim or prune (something, such as a tree).
- Twygges or boughes of trees cut of[f], or shragged, […] Shragge vnder so that the sunne maye come to the ground, […]1552, Hulget
- About 350 loads of excellent beech timber, with the felling fagots, 1,500 shragging fagots, 5 lots of small ash, 15 large ash, and 22 large elm trees, [...] will be sold by auction.1900 December 1, The Oxford Times, section 2
Forms of shrag
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shrags |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | shrags |
| present participle | shragging |
| past participle | shragged |
| past | shragged |
Origin of shrag
Compare scrag.
Words that rhyme with shrag
Questions about shrag
- What does shrag mean?
- Shrag means a twig cut from a tree.
- What part of speech is shrag?
- Shrag can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce shrag?
- Shrag is pronounced /ˈʃɹæɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of shrag?
- The plural of shrag is shrags.
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