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Flag

PIECE OF FABRIC WITH A DISTINCTIVE DESIGN, USED AS A SYMBOL

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·noun A flat stone used for paving.

II. Flag ·vt To lay with flags of flat stones.

III. Flag ·vt To furnish or deck out with flags.

IV. Flag ·noun That which flags or hangs down loosely.

V. Flag ·noun The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.

VI. Flag ·vt To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.

VII. Flag ·noun A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.

VIII. Flag ·vt To Enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

IX. Flag ·noun A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, ·etc.

X. Flag ·vt To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.

XI. Flag ·noun Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

XII. Flag ·add. ·noun One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird;

- called also flag feather.

XIII. Flag ·noun An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.

XIV. Flag ·vi To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

XV. Flag ·vt To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

XVI. Flag ·add. ·vt To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.

XVII. Flag ·vi To Droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to Languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.

XVIII. Flag ·noun A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, ·etc., or to give or ask information;

- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.

flag

PIECE OF FABRIC WITH A DISTINCTIVE DESIGN, USED AS A SYMBOL

I. v. n.

Hang loose, droop.

Languish, droop, faint, decline, pine, sink, succumb, become weak, grow languid, lose vigor, become dejected.

Pall, grow stale, become vapid, lose interest.

II. n.

Flag-stone, flat paving stone.

Banner, streamer, colors, standard, pennon, pennant, ensign, gonfalon.

Iris, flower-de-luce, flower-de-lis (Iris pseudacorus).

flag

PIECE OF FABRIC WITH A DISTINCTIVE DESIGN, USED AS A SYMBOL

(flags, flagging, flagged)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

A flag is a piece of cloth which can be attached to a pole and which is used as a sign, signal, or symbol of something, especially of a particular country.

The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag...

They had raised the white flag in surrender.

N-COUNT

Journalists sometimes refer to the flag of a particular country or organization as a way of referring to the country or organization itself and its values or power.

Joining John Whitaker will be his brother Michael also riding under the British flag...

N-COUNT: with supp, usu adj N, N of n

If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy.

His enthusiasm was in no way flagging...

By 4,000m he was beginning to flag.

VERB: V, V

see also flagged

If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.

PHRASE: V inflects