Definitions for the word "flag" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. i.
To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
That which flags or hangs down loosely.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
To furnish or deck out with flags.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
A flat stone used for paving.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. v. t.
To lay with flags of flat stones.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. n.
1 a usu. Oblong or square piece of cloth, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope as a country''s emblem or standard, a signal, etc. B small toy etc. Resembling a flag. 2 adjustable strip of metal etc. Indicating a taxi''s availability for hire. v. (-gg-) 1 a grow tired; lag (was soon flagging). B hang down; droop. 2 mark out with or as if with a flag or flags. 3 (often foll. By that) inform or communicate by flag-signals. flag down signal to stop. [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
18. n.
(also flagstone) 1 flat usu. Rectangular paving stone. 2 (in pl.) Pavement of these. v. (-gg-) pave with flags. [probably scandinavian]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
19. n.
Plant with a bladed leaf (esp. The iris). [origin unknown]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
20. slang
a groat, or 4_d._—_Ancient Cant._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
21. slang
an apron. People who wear their aprons when not at work, are
called “flag-flashers.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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