flag
[noun]
Synonyms:
- banner, colours, ensign, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer
[verb]
Synonyms:
- mark, indicate, label, note
- sometimes with down: hail, signal, warn, wave
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[verb]
weaken, abate, droop, fade, languish, peter out, sag, wane, weary, wilt

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Related Words: abate, ebb, wane

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. flag¹ /flæɡ/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1-4: Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from flag, name of a kind of flower. ]
[Sense 5: Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old Norse; Origin: flaga]

1. a piece of cloth with a coloured pattern or picture on it that represents a country or organization:
Children waving flags greeted the Russian leader.
the flag of Kenya
the Spanish flag
a flag is flying (=a flag is shown on a pole)
Flags were flying at half-mast because of the death of the Premier.

2. a coloured piece of cloth used in some sports as a signal or as a sign showing the position of something:
The flag went down, and the race began.
a free kick near the corner flag (=flag on a football pitch)

3. the flag an expression meaning a country or organization and its beliefs, values, and people:
loyalty to the flag

4. keep the flag flying to achieve success on behalf of your country in a competition:
Bristol kept the flag flying for English rugby with this win.

5. a flagstone
⇒ fly the flag at fly¹(13)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. flag² verb (past tense and past participle flagged, present participle flagging)
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Origin unknown]

1. [transitive] to make a mark against some information to show that it is important:
I’ve flagged the parts I want to comment on.

2. [intransitive] to become tired or weak:
By the end of the meeting we had begun to flag.
flag somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb
to make the driver of a vehicle stop by waving at them:
I flagged down a taxi.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

flag
noun
ADJ. national | chequered Schumacher took the chequered flag to win his fourth Grand Prix of the season.
tattered A tattered flag hung from the roof of the burnt-out building.
VERB + FLAG fly, hang (out), hoist, raise, run up a ship flying a Russian flag
lower | wave The crowd all waved flags as the president came past.
unfurl | carry
FLAG + VERB hang | flap, flutter, fly, wave a flag fluttering in the breeze
be/fly at half mast
FLAG + NOUN pole (also flagpole)
PREP. under a/the ~ a ship sailing under a British flag
~ of a flag of truce

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

flag
Nationality of a ship or the country where the ship is registered.

[TahlilGaran] Acronyms and Abbreviations Dictionary ▲