flag

The definition of a flag is a piece of fabric attached to a pole usually with symbolic colors or patterns.

(noun)

An example of flag is the banner with stars and stripes that hangs in front of fire stations in the United States.

Flag is defined as to signal or mark something to get someone's attention.

(verb)

An example of flag is to wave your hands at a cab driver to have him stop and pick you up.
An example of flag is marking pages in a book to read later.

See flag in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a piece of cloth or bunting, often attached to a staff, with distinctive colors, patterns, or symbolic devices, used as a national or state symbol, as a signal, etc.; banner; standard; ensign
Now Rare long feathers or quills, as on a hawk
the tail of a deer
the bushy tail of certain dogs, as setters and some hounds
something, as a tab of metal or cardboard, that is attached to a card, folder, etc. so that it may be found easily, as in a file
Comput. a character, symbol, etc. used to mark data or a record for special attention
Music any of the lines extending from a stem, indicating whether the note is an eighth, sixteenth, etc.

Origin: LME flagge < flag, in obs. sense “to flutter”

transitive verb flagged, flagging

noun

flagstone

Origin: ME flagge < ON flaga, slab of stone < IE *plāk-, to spread out, flat < base *plā > plain

noun

1. any of various wild irises with flat fans of sword-shaped leaves and white, blue, or yellow flowers
2. any of various cultivated irises
sweet flag
cattail
the flower or leaf of any of these plants

Origin: ME flagge < ?

intransitive verb flagged, flagging

Origin: 16th c., prob. < ON flǫgra, to flutter < IE base *plāk-, to strike > flaw

See flag in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A piece of cloth, usually rectangular, of distinctive color and design, used as a symbol, standard, signal, or emblem.
National or other allegiance, as symbolized by a flag: ships of the same flag.
A ship carrying the flag of an admiral; a flagship.
A marking device, such as a gummed strip of paper, attached to an object to attract attention or ease identification; a tab.
The masthead of a newspaper.
Music A cross stroke that halves the value of a note to which it is added.
A distinctively shaped or marked tail, as of a dog or deer.
Computer Science A variable or memory location that stores true-or-false, yes-or-no information.

transitive verb flagged flagged, flag·ging, flags

To mark with a flag or flags for identification or ornamentation: flag a parade route; flagging parts of a manuscript for later review.
a. To signal with or as if with a flag.
b. To signal to stop: flag down a passing car.

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