flag

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/ˈflæɡ/

noun 13verb 10

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(noun.)

ADJ

national

chequered

The racing driver crossed the finish line as the chequered flag waved above the track.

tattered

The old tattered flag outside the museum fluttered in the strong wind.

VERB + FLAG

fly, hang (out), hoist, raise, run up

The protesters decided to raise a flag outside the town hall to show their support.

lower

wave

The children waved flags excitedly when the parade finally arrived at our street.

unfurl | carry

FLAG + VERB

hang

flap, flutter, fly, wave

The French flag flew proudly above the government building during the national celebration.

be/fly at half mast

FLAG + NOUN

pole (also flagpole)

PREP

under a/the ~

The company operates under a French flag even though its headquarters are in Germany.

~ of

The soldiers carried a flag of surrender as they walked toward the enemy camp.

Definitions

noun

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

The vote in the Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday makes defiling foreign flags equal to the crime of defiling the German flag. […] The new law also applies to acts of defilement besides burning, such as publicly ripping a flag up.

The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.

The flag of France has three vertical stripes.

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

A signal flag.

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

verb

To furnish or deck out with flags.

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

Walcott was, briefly, awarded a penalty when he was upended in the box but referee Phil Dowd reversed his decision because Bendtner had been flagged offside.

To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.

Please flag down a taxi for me.

The electric locomotive is accompanied by a shunter who, in addition to his normal duties, flags the trains over the unprotected level crossings and opens the gates through which the line passes.

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

to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance

To note, mark or point out for attention.

I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this.

Users of the Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate.

verb

To weaken, become feeble.

His strength flagged toward the end of the race.

He now sees a spirit has been raised against him, and he only watches till it begin to flag.

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

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

The Thousand Loves , that arm thy potent Eye , Must drop their Quivers , flag their Wings

To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.

there is nothing that flags the Spirits, disorders the Blood, and enfeebles the whole Body of Man, as intense Studies.

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Synonyms

noun — stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving

flagstone

noun — flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf gre

noun — a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (

masthead

noun — plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bri

verb — droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss o

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Idioms & Phrases

flag down

Use a flag or similar kind of signal to get someone's attention.

Near-synonyms: hail, signal

red flag

A flag that is red, especially associated with leftist revolutionary ideologies.

Some chanted: "Pride, pride, national pride" and "Poland should be national not red or rainbow-coloured", in a reference to the red flag of the Soviet Union and the symbol of gay p

raise the flag and see who salutes

To float an idea, (or otherwise do some action) to see what response or controversy (if any) it generates, usually as a preliminary step.

Much of the discourse on and the spirit of group interaction have an improvisational flavor: we “float trial balloons” in the groups we belong to or “raise a flag and see who salut

freak flag

Unconventional or unrestrained behavior; extreme, nonconformist views; the side of one's personality which harbors a tendency toward such behavior or such views.

"We were just blatantly flaunting our freak flag," she says. "We were trying to be badder than anyone else—and we were getting away with it!"

show the flag

To display the flag of one's country, especially as an expression of patriotic pride.

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The flag of France has three vertical stripes.

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This will be used as a help message if the user passes in the --help flag, like so: […]

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Walcott was, briefly, awarded a penalty when he was upended in the box but referee Phil Dowd reversed his decision because Bendtner had been flagged offside.

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Please flag down a taxi for me.

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The electric locomotive is accompanied by a shunter who, in addition to his normal duties, flags the trains over the unprotected level crossings and opens the gates through which the line passes.

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