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Synonyms
flag1 (flăg)

[Origin unknown.]

noun 

  1. A piece of cloth, usually rectangular, of distinctive color and design, used as a symbol, standard, signal, or emblem.
  2. National or other allegiance, as symbolized by a flag: ships of the same flag.
  3. A ship carrying the flag of an admiral; a flagship.
  4. A marking device, such as a gummed strip of paper, attached to an object to attract attention or ease identification; a tab.
  5. The masthead of a newspaper.
  6. Music A cross stroke that halves the value of a note to which it is added.
  7. A distinctively shaped or marked tail, as of a dog or deer.
  8. Computer Science A variable or memory location that stores true-or-false, yes-or-no information.

transitive verb: flagged, flag·ging, flags. 

  1. To mark with a flag or flags for identification or ornamentation: flag a parade route; flagging parts of a manuscript for later review.
    1. To signal with or as if with a flag.
    2. To signal to stop: flag down a passing car.

derivatives

flaǵger
noun
flag2 (flăg)

[Middle English flagge, reed, of Scandinavian origin.]

noun 

A plant, such as an iris or cattail, that has long sword-shaped leaves.
flag3 (flăg)

[Possibly of Scandinavian originOld Norse flögra, to flap about.]

intransitive verb: flagged, flag·ging, flags. 

  1. To hang limply; droop.
  2. To decline in vigor or strength: The conversation flagged.
flag4 (flăg)

[Middle English flagge, piece of turf, from Old Norse flaga, slab of stone.]

noun 

A flagstone.

transitive verb: flagged, flag·ging, flags. 

To pave with slabs of flagstone.