flagnoun [ C ]
uk/flæɡ/us/flæɡ/flag noun [ C ] (SYMBOL)
B1 a piece of cloth, usually rectangular and attached to a pole at one edge, that has a pattern that shows it represents a country or a group, or has a particular meaning:
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- It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.
- You're not allowed to swim when the red flag is flying.
- The palace flags were all flying at half-mast.
- There were flags on the tops of many of the buildings.
- A flag fluttered from a 40-foot pole.
flag noun [ C ] (STONE)
UK a flagstone
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Building materials
- adobe
- airbrick
- asbestos
- asphalt
- bitumen
- boarding
- flagstone
- flitch
- floorboard
- flooring
- hard core
- lacquer
- limestone
- putty
- razor wire
- reinforced concrete
- roofing
- rubble
- shingle
- weatherboarding
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flag noun [ C ] (PLANT)
a flower that is a type of large iris
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Flowers & flowering plants
- anemone
- antirrhinum
- aster
- aubretia
- begonia
- catkin
- delphinium
- dogwood
- evening primrose
- forget-me-not
- forsythia
- marigold
- narcissus
- nasturtium
- oleander
- orchid
- water lily
- wild flower
- wisteria
- woodbine
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Idiom(s)
flagverb
uk/flæɡ/us/flæɡ/-gg-flag verb (MARK)
[ T ] to put a mark on something so it can be found easily among other similar things:
[ T ] specialized computing to mark computer information with one of two possible values so that you can deal with it later:
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Identifying
- ascribe sth to sb
- biometric
- character recognition
- color-coded
- colour-coded
- distinguishing
- dog tag
- id
- ID card
- identifiable
- identification
- identity card
- paper
- passport
- pick
- separate the sheep from the goats idiom
- sheep
- stamp
- tell
- tell sth/sb apart
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flag verb (BECOME TIRED)
[ I ] to become tired, weaker, or less effective:
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Becoming and making less strong
- abate
- adulterate
- attenuate
- attrition
- blow over
- blunt
- decline
- dial
- dim
- emasculate
- flagging
- jelly
- keep sb down
- knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth idiom
- muffle
- neutralize
- pine
- sag
- wilt
- wither on the vine idiom
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