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Definition of Flag
1. Verb. Communicate or signal with a flag.
2. Noun. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
Generic synonyms: Emblem
3. Verb. Provide with a flag. "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
4. 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..
5. Verb. Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. "There flag some children in the rocking chair"
Generic synonyms: Drop, Drop Down, Sink
Specialized synonyms: Slouch, Slump, Bag
Derivative terms: Droop, Sag
6. Noun. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.
Generic synonyms: Iridaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Iris
Specialized synonyms: Bearded Iris, Beardless Iris, Bulbous Iris, Dwarf Iris, Iris Cristata, Gladdon, Gladdon Iris, Iris Foetidissima, Roast Beef Plant, Stinking Gladwyn, Stinking Iris, Iris Persica, Persian Iris, Iris Pseudacorus, Yellow Flag, Yellow Iris, Yellow Water Flag, Dwarf Iris, Iris Verna, Vernal Iris, Blue Flag, Iris Versicolor, Iris Virginica, Southern Blue Flag, English Iris, Iris Xiphioides
7. Verb. Decorate with flags. ; "The building was flagged for the holiday"
8. Noun. A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device.
Generic synonyms: Visual Signal
Specialized synonyms: Pennant, Code Flag, Nautical Signal Flag, Red Flag
9. Verb. Become less intense.
10. Noun. Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green.
11. Noun. Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones.
12. Noun. A conspicuously marked or shaped tail.
Definition of Flag
1. v. i. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
2. v. t. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.
3. n. That which flags or hangs down loosely.
4. v. t. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.
5. n. An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
6. v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags.
7. n. A flat stone used for paving.
8. v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones.
9. n. One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather.
10. v. t. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.
Definition of Flag
1. Noun. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol. ¹
2. Noun. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical often used attributively) A signal flag. ¹
4. Noun. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event. ¹
5. Noun. (context: computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place. ¹
6. Noun. (context: computer science) In a command line interface, a notation requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked. ¹
7. Noun. (British puerile) An abbreviation for capture the flag. ¹
8. Verb. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something. ¹
9. Verb. (context: often with ''down'') To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc. ¹
10. Verb. (context: often with ''up'') To note, mark or point out for attention. ¹
11. Verb. (context: computing): To signal (an event). ¹
12. Verb. (context: computing): To set a program variable to ''true''. ¹
13. Verb. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble. ¹
14. Noun. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, ''Iris pseudacorus''. ¹
15. Noun. (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod. ¹
16. Noun. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving. ¹
17. Verb. To lay down flagstones. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flag
1. to mark with a flag (a piece of cloth used as a symbol) [v FLAGGED, FLAGGING, FLAGS]
Medical Definition of Flag
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1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.
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 colours; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
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