flag
noun
[ flaɡ ]
• 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.
• "the American flag"
Similar:
banner,
standard,
ensign,
pennant,
pennon,
banderole,
streamer,
jack,
bunting,
colours,
symbol,
emblem,
representation,
figure,
image,
pendant,
burgee,
vexillum,
gonfalon,
guidon,
labarum,
• a small piece of cloth attached at one edge to a pole and used as a marker or signal in various sports.
• "the flag's up"
• a variable used to indicate a particular property of the data in a record.
flag
verb
• mark (an item) for attention or treatment in a specified way.
• "the spellcheck program flags any words that are not in its dictionary"
Similar:
indicate,
identify,
pick out,
point out,
mark,
mark out,
label,
tab,
tag,
tick,
• (of an official) raise a flag to draw the referee's attention to a breach of the rules in soccer, rugby, and other sports.
• "the goalkeeper brought down Hendrie and a linesman immediately flagged"
• provide or decorate with a flag or flags.
Origin:
mid 16th century: perhaps from obsolete flag ‘drooping’, of unknown ultimate origin.
flag
noun
• a flat stone slab, typically rectangular or square, used for paving.
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’.
flag
noun
• a plant with sword-shaped leaves that grow from a rhizome.
Origin:
late Middle English: related to Middle Dutch flag and Danish flæg ; of unknown ultimate origin.
flag
verb
• become tired or less enthusiastic or dynamic.
• "if you begin to flag, there is an excellent cafe to revive you"
Similar:
tire,
become fatigued,
grow tired/weary,
weaken,
grow weak,
lose (one's) strength/energy,
falter,
languish,
wilt,
droop,
sag,
fade,
fail,
decline,
deteriorate,
wane,
ebb,
diminish,
decrease,
lessen,
abate,
dwindle,
erode,
recede,
sink,
slump,
taper off,
wither,
melt away,
peter out,
die away,
die down,
die out,
die off,
go downhill,
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘flap about loosely, hang down’): related to obsolete flag ‘hanging down’.
