flag (noun)
121flag — Verb: To droop; to lose speed. To signal with a flag. To signal a bus or train to stop for a passenger. Noun: Flat stones used in making a sidewalk or the portion of a street set apart for use by pedestrians, occasionally used in paving ways for… …
122flag — English has at least three separate words flag, none of whose origins are known for certain. Both the noun ‘cloth used as an emblem’ [16] and the verb ‘droop, decline’ [16] may have developed from an obsolete 16th century adjective flag ‘drooping …
123flag — English has at least three separate words flag, none of whose origins are known for certain. Both the noun ‘cloth used as an emblem’ [16] and the verb ‘droop, decline’ [16] may have developed from an obsolete 16th century adjective flag ‘drooping …
124flag of convenience — registry of a merchant ship under a foreign flag in order to compete with ships of foreign nations must operate under a flag of convenience or go out of business Walter Hamshar * * * ˌflag of conˈvenience [flag of convenience] noun a flag of a… …
125flag — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. banner, pennant, ensign, standard; iris; flagstone. See indication. v. i. droop, pine, languish. See inactivity, dejection, disease. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A symbol, especially of a nation, usually on …
126Flag Day — UK / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms Flag Day : singular Flag Day plural Flag Days in the US, the day of 14 June when people celebrate the day in 1777 when a flag was chosen for the country …
127flag — 1. noun /flæɡ/ a) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol. b) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship …
128flag — I 1. noun he raised the flag Syn: banner, standard, ensign, pennant, banderole, streamer, jack, gonfalon; colors; Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, Union Jack; Jolly Roger; Canadian Red Ensign, Maple Leaf 2. verb flag the misspelled words …
