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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flag1 /flæg/USA pronunciation n., v., flagged, flag•ging. n. [countable] - a usually rectangular piece of cloth marked with distinctive colors or designs and used as a symbol, as of a nation, or as a means of signaling:The American flag has both stars and stripes.
v. [~ + object] - to signal or warn with or as if with a flag: [ ~ (+ down) + obj]:to flag (down) a taxi.[ ~ + obj (+ down)]:to flag a taxi (down).
- to mark (a page, file, card, etc.) for attention, as by attaching protruding tabs:I flagged the section of the paper I thought you should read.
flag3 /flæg/USA pronunciation v. [no object], flagged, flag•ging. - to fall off in vigor, energy or interest;
droop:Attendance flagged after the team lost.
flag4 /flæg/USA pronunciation n. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flag1 (flag),USA pronunciation n., v., flagged, flag•ging. n. - a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.;
ensign;
standard;
banner;
pennant. - Birds[Ornith.]the tuft of long feathers on the legs of falcons and most hawks;
the lengthened feathers on the crus or tibia. - Sport[Hunting.]the tail of a deer or of a setter dog.
- Journalism
- Journalismthe nameplate of a newspaper.
- , Printing, Journalismmasthead (def. 1).
- Journalismthe name of a newspaper as printed on the editorial page.
- a tab or tag attached to a page, file card, etc., to mark it for attention.
- Music and Dancehook (def. 12a).
- Cinema[Motion Pictures, Television.]a small gobo.
- Usually, flags. the ends of the bristles of a brush, esp. a paintbrush, when split.
- Computinga symbol, value, or other means of identifying data of interest, or of informing later parts of a program what conditions earlier parts have encountered.
- strike the flag:
- Idiomsto relinquish command, as of a ship.
- Idiomsto submit or surrender:His financial situation is growing worse, but he's not ready to strike the flag.Also, strike one's flag.
v.t. - to place a flag or flags over or on;
decorate with flags. - to signal or warn (a person, automobile, etc.) with or as if with a flag (sometimes fol. by down):to flag a taxi; to flag down a passing car.
- to communicate (information) by or as if by a flag.
- to decoy, as game, by waving a flag or the like to excite attention or curiosity.
- to mark (a page in a book, file card, etc.) for attention, as by attaching protruding tabs.
- (of a brush) to split the ends of the bristles.
- perh. blend of, blended flap (noun, nominal) and fag1 (noun, nominal) in obsolete sense "flap'' 1475–85
- Plant Biologyany of various plants with long, sword-shaped leaves, as the sweet flag.
- Plant BiologySee blue flag.
- the long, slender leaf of such a plant or of a cereal.
- Middle English flagge 1350–1400
- to fall off in vigor, energy, activity, interest, etc.:Public enthusiasm flagged when the team kept losing.
- to hang loosely or limply;
droop.
- perh. blend of, blended of flap (verb, verbal) and fag1 (verb, verbal) in obsolete sense "to droop''. See flag1 1535–45
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dwindle, wilt, slump, sag, wane.
flag4 (flag),USA pronunciation n., v., flagged, flag•ging. n. - Buildingflagstone (def. 1).
- Building flags, flagstone (def. 2).
v.t. - Buildingto pave with flagstones.
- 1400–50; late Middle English flagge piece of sod; akin to Old Norse flaga slab
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