Canadian English Meaning of flag
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Definitions and Meaning of flag in English
flag (n)
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
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.
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
flag (v)
communicate or signal with a flag
provide with a flag
droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
decorate with flags
become less intense
flag (v. i.)
To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.
flag (v. t.)
To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.
To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.
To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
To furnish or deck out with flags.
To lay with flags of flat stones.
To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.
flag (n.)
That which flags or hangs down loosely.
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 colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
A flat stone used for paving.
Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather.
FAQs About the word flag
Flag
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design, a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the edit
banner,colours,ensign,pennant,badge,guidon,insignia,pendant,pennon,standard
distend,rise,Stiffen,straighten (streɪtən),unbend,uncurl
flacourtiaceae => Flacourtiaceae, flacourtia indica => Flacourtia indica, flacourtia family => Willow family, flacourtia => Flacourtia, flacon => bottle,
