'Flag' definitions:

Definition of 'flag'

(from WordNet)
noun
Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
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. [syn: masthead, flag]
noun
Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals [syn: iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily]
noun
A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device [syn: flag, signal flag]
noun
Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green [syn: pin, flag]
noun
Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones [syn: flag, flagstone]
noun
A conspicuously marked or shaped tail
verb
Communicate or signal with a flag
verb
Provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
verb
Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness [syn: sag, droop, swag, flag]
verb
Decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"
verb
Become less intense [syn: ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag]

Definition of 'Flag'

From: GCIDE
  • Flag \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of. [1913 Webster]
  • Nothing so flags the spirits. --Echard. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flag'

From: GCIDE
  • Flag \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Zool.) One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 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 {To hang the flag half-staff} or To hang the flag at half-staff, to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning.
  • To strike the flag or To 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flag'

From: GCIDE
  • Flag \Flag\ (fl[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged (fl[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging (fl[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [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. [1913 Webster]
  • As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. --T. Moore. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags. [1913 Webster]
  • The pleasures of the town begin to flag. --Swift.
  • Syn: To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flag'

From: GCIDE
  • Flag \Flag\, v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flag'

From: GCIDE
  • Flag \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Geol.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flag'

From: GCIDE
  • Flag \Flag\, v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones. [1913 Webster]
  • The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Flag'

From: GCIDE
  • Flag \Flag\, v. t. [From Flag an ensign.]
  • 1. To signal to with a flag or by waving the hand; as, to flag a train; also used with down; as, to flag down a cab. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Flag'

From: GCIDE
  • Flag \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'flag'

From: Easton
  • Flag (Heb., or rather Egyptian, ahu, Job 8:11), rendered "meadow" in Gen. 41:2, 18; probably the Cyperus esculentus, a species of rush eaten by cattle, the Nile reed. It also grows in Palestine.
  • In Ex. 2:3, 5, Isa. 19:6, it is the rendering of the Hebrew _suph_, a word which occurs frequently in connection with _yam_; as _yam suph_, to denote the "Red Sea" (q.v.) or the sea of weeds (as this word is rendered, Jonah 2:5). It denotes some kind of sedge or reed which grows in marshy places. (See PAPER �T0002840, REED.)

Synonyms of 'flag'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Flag'