Definition of Flag

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Definition of Flag

Flag

To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.

To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.

To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.

That which flags or hangs down loosely.

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.

A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.

A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.

The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.

To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.

To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.

To furnish or deck out with flags.

A flat stone used for paving.

Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

To lay with flags of flat stones.

One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather.

To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.

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Flag Quotations

White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.
Jimi Hendrix

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

The headline is the 'ticket on the meat.' Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising.
David Ogilvy

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag.
David Letterman

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken

Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.
Payne Stewart

I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.
Dan Quayle

The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
Yasser Arafat

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
Howard Zinn

Flag Translations

flag in Afrikaans is vlag
flag in Danish is flag, fane
flag in Dutch is dundoek, vaan, vlag
flag in Finnish is lippu
flag in German is kennzeichnen, Kennzeichen, Flagge, Flag
flag in Italian is bandiera, stendardo
flag in Latin is vexillum
flag in Norwegian is flagg
flag in Portuguese is bandeira
flag in Spanish is bandera
flag in Swedish is flagga

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