Definitions for Flag
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. flagnoun

   emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

2. masthead, flagnoun

   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.

3. iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lilynoun

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

4. flag, signal flagnoun

   a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device

5. pin, flagnoun

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

6. flag, flagstonenoun

   stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

7. flagverb

   a conspicuously marked or shaped tail

8. flagverb

   communicate or signal with a flag

9. flagverb

   provide with a flag

   "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"

10. sag, droop, swag, flagverb

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

11. flagverb

    decorate with flags

    "the building was flagged for the holiday"

12. ease up, ease off, slacken off, flagverb

    become less intense

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flagnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. A water plant with a broad bladed leaf and yellow flower, so called from its motion in the wind.

   She took an ark of bulrushes, and laid it in the flags by the river’s brink Ex. ii. 3.

   Can bulrushes but by the river grow?
   Can flags there flourish where no waters flow. George Sandys.

   There be divers fishes that cast their spawn on flags or stones. Izaak Walton, Angler.

   Cut flag roots, and the roots of other weeds. John Mortimer.

   2. The colours or ensign of a ship or land forces, by which signals are made at sea, or regiments are distinguished in the field.

   These flags of France that are advanced here,
   Before the eye and prospect of your town,
   Have hither march’d to your endamagement. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   He hangs out as many flags as he descryeth vessels; square, if ships; if gallies, pendants. George Sandys, Travels.

   Let him be girt
   With all the grisly legions that troop
   Under the sooty flag of Acheron,
   Harpies and hydras, or all the monstrous forms
   ’Twixt Africa and Inde, I’ll find him out,
   And force him to restore his purchase back,
   Or drag him by the curls to a foul death. John Milton.

   The French and Spaniard, when your flags appear,
   Forget their hatred, and consent to fear. Edmund Waller.

   The interpretation of that article about the flag is a ground at pleasure for opening a war. William Temple.

   In either’s flag the golden serpents bear,
   Erecting crests alike, like volumes rear,
   And mingle friendly hissings in the air. John Dryden, Aurengz.

   Then they, whose mothers, frantick with their fear,
   In woods and wilds the flags of Bacchus bear,
   And lead his dances with dishevell’d hair. John Dryden, Æn.

   3. A species of stone used for smooth pavements. [ flache, old French.]

   Part of two flags striated, but deeper on one side than the other. John Woodward, on Fossils.

   Flagstone will not split, as slate does, being found formed into flags, or thin plates, which are no other than so many strata. John Woodward, Met. Foss.

2. To Flagverb

   1. To let fall; to suffer to droop.

   Take heed, my dear, youth flies apace;
   As well as Cupid, Time is blind:
   Soon must those glories of thy face
   The fate of vulgar beauty find:
   The thousand loves, that arm thy potent eye,
   Must drop their quivers, flag their wings, and die. Matthew Prior.

   2. [From flag, a species of stone.]To lay with broad stone.

   The sides and floor are all flagged with excellent marble. George Sandys.

   A white stone used for flagging floors. John Woodward, on Fossils.

3. To FLAGverb

   Etymology: flaggeren, Dutch; fleogan, Saxon, to fly.

   1. To hang loose without stiffness or tension.

   Beds of cotton wool hung up between two trees, not far from the ground; in the which, flagging down in the middle, men, wives and children lie together. George Abbot.

   The jades
   That drag the tragick melancholy night,
   Who with their drowsy, slow, and flagging wings
   Clip dead men’s graves. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   It keeps those slender aerial bodies separated and stretched out, which otherwise, by reason of their flexibleness and weight, would flag or curl. Robert Boyle, Spring of the Air.

   Like a fiery meteor sunk the sun,
   The promise of a storm; the shifting gales
   Forsake by fits, and fill the flagging sails. Dryden.

   2. To grow spiritless or dejected.

   My flagging soul flies under her own pitch,
   Like fowl in air too damp, and lags along
   As if she were a body in a body:
   My senses too are dull and stupify’d,
   Their edge rebated: sure some ill approaches. John Dryden, D. Seb.

   The pleasures of the town begin to flag and grow languid, giving way daily to cruel inroads from the spleen. Jonathan Swift.

   3. To grow feeble; to lose vigour.

   Juice in language is somewhat less than blood; for if the words be but becoming and signifying, and the sense gentle, there is juice: but where that wanteth, the language is thin, flagging, poor, starved, scarce covering the bone, and shews like stones in a sack: some men, to avoid redundancy, run into that; and while they strive to hinder ill blood or juice, they lose their good. Ben Jonson, Discoveries.

   His stomach will expect victuals at the usual hour, and grow peevish if he passes it; either fretting itself into a troublesome excess, or flagging into a downright want of appetite. John Locke.

   There must be a noble train of actions to preserve his fame in life and motion; for, when it is once at a stand, it naturally flags and languishes. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 256.

   If on sublimer wings of love and praise,
   My love above the starry vault I raise,
   Lur’d by some vain conceit of pride or lust,
   I flag, I drop, and flutter in the dust. Arbuthnot.

   He sees a spirit hath been raised against him, and he only watches ’till it begins to flag: he goes about watching when to devour us. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flag

   A flag is a piece of fabric, usually rectangular or square in shape, that serves as a symbol, signaling device, or decoration. This is generally attached to a flagpole and often used to represent a country, state, organization, movement, or even an individual. In computer science and programming, a flag is also a true/false indicator used to follow or control the program's flow.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flagverb

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

2. Flagverb

   to droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags

3. Flagverb

   to let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings

4. Flagverb

   to enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of

5. Flagnoun

   that which flags or hangs down loosely

6. Flagnoun

   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

7. Flagnoun

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

8. Flagnoun

   a group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks

9. Flagnoun

   the bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter

10. Flagverb

    to signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train

11. Flagverb

    to convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance

12. Flagnoun

    an aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus

13. Flagverb

    to furnish or deck out with flags

14. Flagnoun

    a flat stone used for paving

15. Flagnoun

    any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones

16. Flagverb

    to lay with flags of flat stones

17. Etymology: [Icel. flaga, cf. Icel. flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and E. flake layer, scale. Cf. Floe.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flag

   A flag is most of the time a piece of fabric with a distinctive design that is usually rectangular and used as a symbol, as a signaling device, or decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium. The first flags were used to assist military coordination on battlefields, and flags have since evolved into a general tool for rudimentary signalling and identification, especially in environments where communication is similarly challenging. National flags are potent patriotic symbols with varied wide-ranging interpretations, often including strong military associations due to their original and ongoing military uses. Flags are also used in messaging, advertising, or for other decorative purposes. The study of flags is known as vexillology, from the Latin vexillum meaning flag or banner.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Flag

   flag, v.i. to grow languid or spiritless.—pr.p. flag′ging; pa.p. flagged.—n. Flag′giness.—adj. Flag′gy, limp, flabby. [Perh. O. Fr. flac—L. flaccus; prob. influenced by imit. forms as flap.]

2. Flag

   flag, n. a popular name for many plants with sword-shaped leaves, mostly growing in moist situations, sometimes specially the species of iris or flower-de-luce—esp. the yellow flag: the acorus or sweet flag: (B.) reed-grass.—ns. Flag′-bas′ket, a basket made of reeds for carrying tools; Flag′giness.—adj. Flag′gy, abounding in flags.—n. Flag′-worm, a worm or grub bred among flags or reeds. [Ety. obscure; cf. Dut. flag.]

3. Flag

   flag, n. the ensign of a ship or of troops: a banner.—v.t. to decorate with flags: to inform by flag-signals.—ns. Flag′-cap′tain, in the navy, the captain of the ship which bears the admiral's flag; Flag′-lieuten′ant, an officer in a flag-ship, corresponding to an aide-de-camp in the army; Flag′-off′icer, a naval officer privileged to carry a flag denoting his rank—admiral, vice-admiral, rear-admiral, or commodore; Flag′-ship, the ship in which an admiral sails, and which carries his flag; Flag′staff, a staff or pole on which a flag is displayed.—Flag of distress, a flag displayed as a signal of distress—usually upside down or at half-mast; Flag of truce, a white flag displayed during war when some pacific communication is intended between the hostile parties; Black flag, a pirate's flag, pirates generally; Dip the flag, to lower the flag and then hoist it—a token of respect; Hang out the red flag, to give a challenge to battle; Strike, or Lower, the flag, to pull it down as a token of respect, submission, or surrender; White flag, an emblem of peace; Yellow flag, hoisted to show pestilence on board, also over ships, &c., in quarantine, and hospitals, &c., in time of war. [Prob. Scand.; Dan. flag; Dut. vlag, Ger. flagge.]

4. Flag

   flag, n. a stone that separates in flakes or layers: a flat stone used for paving—also Flag′stone.—v.t. to pave with flagstones.—n. Flag′ging, flagstones: a pavement of flagstones. [A form of flake; Ice. flaga, a flag or slab.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flag

   [very common] A variable or quantity that can take on one of two values; a bit, particularly one that is used to indicate one of two outcomes or is used to control which of two things is to be done. “This flag controls whether to clear the screen before printing the message.” “The program status word contains several flag bits.” Used of humans analogously to bit. See also hidden flag, mode bit.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flag

   A general name for the distinguishing colours of any nation. Also, a certain banner by which an admiral is distinguished at sea from the inferior ships of his squadron. The flags of the British navy were severally on a red, white, or blue field, and were displayed from the top of the royal pole of the main, fore, or mizen mast, according to the rank of the admiral, thus indicating nine degrees. This diversity of colour has now been long done away with. The white field, with the red St. George's cross, and the sinister upper corner occupied by the union, is now alone used in the British navy--the blue being assigned to the reserve, and the red to the mercantile navy. An admiral still displays his flag exclusively at the main truck; a vice-admiral at the fore; a rear-admiral at the mizen. The first flag in importance is the royal standard of Great Britain and Ireland, hoisted only when the king or queen is on board; the second is the anchor of hope, for the lord high-admiral, or the lords-commissioners of the admiralty; and the third is the union flag, for the admiral of the fleet, who is the next officer under the lord high-admiral. The various other departments, such as the navy board, custom-house, &c., have each their respective flags. Besides the national flag, merchant ships are permitted to bear lesser flags on any mast, with the arms or design of the firm to which they belong, but they "must not resemble or be mistaken for any of the flags or signals used by the royal navy," under certain penalties. When a council of war is held at sea, if it be on board the admiral's ship, a flag is hung on the main-shrouds; if the vice-admiral's, on the fore-shrouds; and if the rear-admiral's, on the mizen-shrouds. The flags borne on the mizen were particularly called gallants. There are also smaller flags used for signals. The word flag is often familiarly used to denote the admiral himself. Also, the reply from the boat if an admiral is on board--Flag!

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1. FLAG

   What does FLAG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FLAG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Flag' in Nouns Frequency: #1821

How to pronounce Flag?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Flag in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Flag in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Flag in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Flag in a Sentence

1. Veryan Khan:

   The cartoon image is a clear rendering of the Islamic State’s execution by Jihad John of journalist James Foley in 2014 - even down to the gun strap Jihadi John wore, which is recreated in the image of the US flag.

2. Dan Caldwell:

   We are planting our flag.

3. President Thomas Bach:

   By welcoming ROA to the Olympic Games in Rio, we want to send a message of hope to all the refugees of the world, having no national team to belong to, having no flag to march behind, having no national anthem to be played, these refugees will be welcomed to the Olympic Games with the Olympic flag and with the Olympic anthem.

4. Nine Line Apparel:

   Nine Line Apparel, along with relentlessly patriotic Americans everywhere, can not believe the total ignorance and lack of understanding displayed by both Colin Kaepernick and Nike in relation to our country's Betsy Ross flag, it's symbolism and meaning.

5. Karim Sadjadpour:

   The Iranian government prevented journalists from marching in solidarity with the victims of the Charlie Hebdo massacre yet it organized flag-burning protests against the French embassy, that hasn't ingratiated them to a French nuclear negotiating team that is deeply cynical about the nature of the Iranian regime.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Flag
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Flag
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Flag
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Flag
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Flag
7. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Flag
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Flag