1. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
   "The American flag waved proudly atop the building"
    
2. A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
   "The race official waved a chequered signal flag to indicate the end of the race";
   - signal flag
    
3. A conspicuously marked or shaped tail
   "The deer raised its flag as it bounded away"
    
4. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-coloured flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
   "The purple flag bloomed along the garden path";
   - iris, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
    
5. Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
   "The golfer aimed his putt towards the flag";
   - pin
    
6. A listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
   "The newspaper's flag listed the new editor-in-chief";
   - masthead
    
7. Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
   "They laid a flag path through the garden";
   - flagstone
    
8. (computer science) an option otherwise modifying the action of a command or program
   "The developer added a debug flag to the software"

1. Communicate or signal with a flag
   "The race official flagged the start of the competition"
    
2. Become less intense
   "The wind flagged as the storm passed";
   - ease up, ease off, slacken off
    
3. Droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
   "Her shoulders flagged with exhaustion";
   - sag, droop, swag
    
4. Decorate with flags
   "the building was flagged for the holiday"
    
5. Provide with a flag
   "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"

Derived forms: flagged, flagging, flags

See also: flag down, slacken

Type of: adorn, beautify, come down, decorate, decrease, dent, diminish, drop, drop down, embellish, emblem, fall, fancify, go down, golf equipment, grace, iridaceous plant, lessen, list, listing, mark, ornament, paving stone, sign, signal, signalise [Brit], signalize, sink, tail, visual signal

Part of: barker [informal], bow-wow [informal], Canis familiaris, cervid, dawg [non-standard], deer, dog, doggie [informal], doggo [informal], doggy [informal], domestic dog, genus Iris, pooch [informal]

Encyclopedia: Flag, Missouri