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flag

Definitions


[flaɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities
(e.g: the American flag)

- a small piece of cloth attached at one edge to a pole and used as a marker or signal in various sports
(e.g: the flag's up)

- a variable used to indicate a particular property of the data in a record


Phrases:
- fly the flag
- put the flags out
- show the flag
- wrap oneself in the flag

Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps from obsolete flag ‘drooping’, of unknown ultimate origin


[flaɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way
(e.g: the spellcheck program flags any words that are not in its dictionary)

- (of an official) raise a flag to draw the referee's attention to a breach of the rules in soccer, rugby, and other sports
(e.g: the goalkeeper brought down Hendrie and a linesman immediately flagged)

- provide or decorate with a flag or flags


Phrases:
- fly the flag
- put the flags out
- show the flag
- wrap oneself in the flag

Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps from obsolete flag ‘drooping’, of unknown ultimate origin


[flaɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a flat stone slab, typically rectangular or square, used for paving


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘turf, sod’): probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flag ‘spot from which a sod has been cut’ and Old Norse flaga ‘slab of stone’


[flaɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a plant with sword-shaped leaves that grow from a rhizome


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: related to Middle Dutch flag and Danish flæg; of unknown ultimate origin


[flaɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- become tired or less enthusiastic or dynamic
(e.g: if you begin to flag, there is an excellent cafe to revive you)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘flap about loosely, hang down’): related to obsolete flag ‘hanging down’




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