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Flag

Flag Meaning & Definition
Flag Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flag?

[n] a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
[n] emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
[n] stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
[n] flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
[n] a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
[n] plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
[v] become less intense
[v] provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
[v] communicate or signal with a flag
[v] decorate with flags, as of buildings
[v] droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flag: droop | ease off | ease up | flagstone | fleur-de-lis | iris | pin | sag | signal flag | slack off | slacken off | swag | sword lily

Related Terms | Find terms related to Flag: abate | adobe | and blue | ashlar | asphalt | banderole | banner | banneret | bead | beat | beat the drum | bejewel | beribbon | bespangle | bitumen | bituminous macadam | black flag | blacktop | blade | blow | blue ensign | bract | bracteole | bractlet | break | break down | brick | bricks and mortar | bunting | burgee | burn out | carpet | causeway | cave in | cement | check off | clinker | coachwhip | cobble | cobblestone | collapse | color | colors | come apart | come unstuck | concrete | conk out | cotyledon | covering materials | crack up | crumble | curb | curbing | curbstone | dally | dangle | Dannebrog | dawdle | debilitate | decline | decrease | degenerate | delay | desiccate | deteriorate | diamond | die | dillydally | diminish | dip | disintegrate | do in | do up | drag | droop | drop | dry up | dwindle | ease up | ebb | edgestone | enervate | engrave | ensign | exchange colors | exhaust | fade | fade away | fag | fag out | fail | faint | fall off | falter | fatigue | feather | ferroconcrete | festoon | figure | filigree | firebrick | fizzle out | flag down | flagging | flagstone | flash | floor | flooring | floral leaf | flounce | flower | foliole | frazzle | frond | garland | gasp | gem | gesture | get tired | give a signal | give out | give the nod | give way | glance | glume | go downhill | go soft | go to pieces | gonfalon | gonfanon | goof off | gravel | grow weary | guidon | hail | hail and speak | half-mast | halt | hang down | harass | hit the skids | hoist a banner | house flag | identify | illuminate | inform | involucre | involucrum | jack | jade | jewel | Jolly Roger | kerb | kerbstone | kick | knock out | knock up | label | lag | lamina | languish | lath and plaster | leaf | leaflet | leer | lemma | lessen | let up | ligule | linger | loiter | lollygag | long pennant | lose strength | macadam | make a sign | mark | masonry | merchant flag | metal | mortar | motion | national flag | needle | nod | nudge | Old Glory | oriflamme | overfatigue | overstrain | overtire | overweary | paint | pant | pave | pavement | pavestone | paving | paving material | paving stone | peak | pebble | peg out | pendant | pennant | pennon | pennoncel | petal | peter out | pile | pine | pine needle | plasters | play out | plume | poke | poop | poop out | prestressed concrete | prostrate | puff | puff and blow | raise a cry | red | red ensign | ribbon | road metal | roofage | roofing | royal standard | run down | run out | sag | salute | sear | seed leaf | sepal | shilly-shally | shrink | shrivel | siding | sign | signal | signal flag | signalize | sink | slump | sound an alarm | sound the trumpet | spangle | spathe | speak | spear | spire | standard | Stars and Stripes | Star-Spangled Banner | stipula | stipule | stone | stop | streamer | subside | succumb | swag | swallowtail | tab | tag | taper off | tar | Tarmac | tarmacadam | tarry | Tarvia | tick off | tile | tiling | tinsel | tire | tire out | tire to death | touch | trail | tricolor | tucker | unfurl a flag | Union Flag | Union Jack | use up | vexillum | walling | wane | warn | washboard | waste | waste away | waste time | wave | wave a flag | wave the hand | weaken | wear | wear away | wear down | wear on | wear out | wear thin | weary | wheeze | white | wilt | wind | wink | wither | wither away | wizen | wreathe | yield

See Also | adorn | American flag | bag | banner | battle flag | bearded iris | beardless iris | beautify | black flag | blue flag | bulbous iris | Canis familiaris | cervid | code flag | colors | colours | Confederate flag | decorate | decrease | deer | diminish | dog | domestic dog | drop | drop down | dwarf iris | embellish | emblem | English iris | ensign | fall | fanion | flag down | flag of truce | genus Iris | gladdon | gladdon iris | golf equipment | grace | iridaceous plant | Iris cristata | Iris foetidissima | Iris persica | Iris pseudacorus | Iris verna | Iris versicolor | Iris virginica | Iris xiphioides | jack | Jolly Roger | lessen | mark | national flag | nautical signal flag | Old Glory | ornament | paving stone | pennant | pennant | pennon | Persian iris | pirate flag | red flag | roast beef plant | sign | signal | signalise | signalize | sink | slouch | slump | southern blue flag | standard | Stars and Bars | Stars and Stripes | Star-Spangled Banner | stinking gladwyn | stinking iris | streamer | tail | tricolor | tricolour | Union flag | Union Jack | vernal iris | visual signal | waft | white flag | yellow flag | yellow iris | yellow jack | yellow water flag

Flag In Webster's Dictionary

\Flag\ (fl[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flagging}.] [Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. {Flacker}, {Flag} an ensign.] 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. --T. Moore. 2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags. The pleasures of the town begin to flag. --Swift. Syn: To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
\Flag\ (fl[a^]g), v. t. 1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. --prior. 2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of. Nothing so flags the spirits. --Echard.
\Flag\, n. [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag. See {Flag} to hang loose.] 1. That which flags or hangs down loosely. 2. 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. 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc. (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks. (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. {Black flag}. See under {Black}. {Flag captain}, {Flag leutenant}, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. {Flag officer}, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. {Flag of truse}, a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. {Flag share}, the flag officer's share of prize money. {Flag station} (Railroad), a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved. {National flag}, a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned. {Red flag}, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists. {To dip, the flag}, to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; -- done as a mark of respect. {To hang out the white flag}, to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag. {To hang the flag} {half-mast high or half-staff}, to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning. {To} {strike, or lower}, {the flag}, to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender. {Yellow flag}, the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.
\Flag\, v. t. [From {Flag} an ensign.] 1. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train. 2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
\Flag\, n. [From {Flag} to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera {Iris} and {Acorus}. {Cooper's flag}, the cat-tail ({Typha latifolia}), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight. {Corn flag}. See under 2d {Corn}. {Flag broom}, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes. {Flag root}, the root of the sweet flag. {Sweet flag}. See {Calamus}, n., 2.
\Flag\, v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags.
\Flag\, n. [Icel. flaga, cf. Icel. flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and E. flake layer, scale. Cf. {Floe}.] 1. A flat stone used for paving. --Woodward. 2. (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
\Flag\, v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones. The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. --Sandys.
\Flag\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also {flag feather}.
\Flag\, v. t. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity. The antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag. --T. Roosevelt.

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