FLAG

flag

(noun) a conspicuously marked or shaped tail

flag

(noun) emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

flag, flagstone

(noun) stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

pin, flag

(noun) flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

masthead, flag

(noun) a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

flag, signal flag

(noun) a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device

iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily

(noun) plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

flag

(verb) provide with a flag; “Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately”

flag

(verb) communicate or signal with a flag

flag

(verb) decorate with flags; “the building was flagged for the holiday”

sag, droop, swag, flag

(verb) droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

flag (countable and uncountable, plural flags)

A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.

An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).

(nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.

(nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.

The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.

(computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.

(computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.

(aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.

(British, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.

(geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.

(mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.

Synonyms

• (computer science: true-or-false value): Boolean

• (computer science: CLI notation): switch, option

• (geometry: sequence of faces of a polytope): dart

Verb

flag (third-person singular simple present flags, present participle flagging, simple past and past participle flagged)

To furnish or deck out with flags.

To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.

(often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.

To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.

(often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.

(computing) To signal (an event).

(computing) To set a program variable to true.

To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.

(sports) To penalize for an infraction.

(chess) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.

Etymology 2

Verb

flag (third-person singular simple present flags, present participle flagging, simple past and past participle flagged)

(intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.

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

To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.

To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.

Etymology 3

Noun

flag (plural flags)

Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.

Etymology 4

Noun

flag (plural flags)

(obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.

A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.

(geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

Verb

flag (third-person singular simple present flags, present participle flagging, simple past and past participle flagged)

(transitive) To pave with flagstones.

Etymology 5

Noun

flag (plural flags)

A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.

A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.

The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.

(music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value

Source: Wiktionary

Flag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging.] Etym: [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, 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. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.) (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. Etym: [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. Etym: [From Flag to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Definition: To furnish or deck out with flags.

Flag, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

Flag, v. t.

Definition: To lay with flags of flat stones. The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. Sandys.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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