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1. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
    
2. 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.
   - masthead
    
3. Plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-coloured flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
   - iris, fleur-de-lis, sword lily
    
4. A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
   - signal flag
    
5. Flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
   - pin
    
6. Stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
   - flagstone
    
7. A conspicuously marked or shaped tail
    
8. (computer science) an option otherwise modifying the action of a command or program

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

Derived forms: flagging, flagged, flags

See also: flag down, slacken

Type of: adorn, beautify, decorate, decrease, diminish, drop, drop down, embellish, emblem, fall, 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