tatter

Object

• remnant: At the one end of this small stage lay what seemed the tattered remnants of a man.
• cloak: The tattered cloak of the beggar will bear him up like the rayed plumes of the angels.
• garment: Too much of Religion has the old modernism clinging to its tattered garments.
• clothes: Five men, dressed in tattered clothes, were crouched about a bundle of red rags on the floor.
• flag: Stuck on a twig, they waved in the wind like a tattered flag for years.
• remain: A small remnant of a once vigorous society, clothed in the tattered remains of our pride?

Converse of object

• wear: Years back I wore tatters, Now silk stockings, mi friend!

Adjective modifier

• few: It tears very easily so that you awake with a few sad tatters around your feet.

Modifying Another Word

• all: Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, her clothes all tattered and torn.
• very: The cards were very tattered, and as we played on we realized that the various denominations had tears in exactly the same places!
• slightly: In the center of the chamber is a pedestal upon which a timeless, tho slightly tattered, battle standard has been lain.
• so: My copy is so tattered and worn out, I'm thinking of buying a new one to replace it.
• rather: The Chalet School and Richenda - Hardback versus Paperback I compared my rather tattered 1958 hardback with my 1986 edition paperback.
• now: What once may have been supple, rippling muscles were now tattered pieces of rotting flesh hanging off the bone.