Flag

  • 41flag — [[t]flæ̱g[/t]] ♦♦♦ flags, flagging, flagged 1) N COUNT A flag is a piece of cloth which can be attached to a pole and which is used as a sign, signal, or symbol of something, especially of a particular country. The Marines climbed to the roof of… …

    English dictionary

  • 42flag — A pattern reflecting price fluctuations within a narrow range, generating a rectangular area on a graph both prior to and after sharp rises or declines. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. flag flag 1 [flæg] verb [transitive] COMPUTING to… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 43Flag —    The current state flag of the Russian Federation is known as the Trikolor (Tricolor), and consists of three equal sized horizontal bands: white, blue, and red (from top to bottom). This new banner replaced the Soviet flag for the Russian… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation

  • 44flag — flag1 noun 1》 an oblong piece of cloth that is raised on a pole and used as an emblem, especially of nationality.     ↘a ship s ensign. 2》 a device or symbol resembling a flag, used as a marker. 3》 a small paper badge given to people who donate… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 45flag — I UK [flæɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms flag : singular flag plural flags ** 1) a piece of cloth decorated with the pattern and colours that represent a country or organization. A flag is often hung from a pole called a flagpole The British… …

    English dictionary

  • 46flag — I [[t]flæg[/t]] n. v. flagged, flag•ging 1) a typically rectangular piece of cloth marked with distinctive colors or designs and used as a symbol, as of a nation or organization, or as a means of signaling 2) spo the tail of a deer or of a setter …

    From formal English to slang

  • 47flag — 1 noun (C) 1 a piece of cloth with a coloured pattern or picture on it that represents a country or organization: The children waved their flags as the Queen went by. | the flag of Texas | a flag flies (=a flag is shown on a pole): Flags were… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 48flag — flag1 [ flæg ] noun count ** 1. ) a piece of cloth decorated with the pattern and colors that represent a country or organization. A flag is often hung from a pole called a flagpole: The American flag is called the stars and stripes. There was a… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 49flag — {{11}}flag (n.1) cloth ensign, late 15c., now in all modern Germanic languages, but apparently first recorded in English, origin unknown, but likely connected with FLAG (Cf. flag) (v.) or else, like it, perhaps onomatopoeic. A less likely guess… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 50flag — Synonyms and related words: Dannebrog, Jolly Roger, Old Glory, Star Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Tarmac, Tarvia, Union Flag, Union Jack, abate, adobe, and blue, ashlar, asphalt, banderole, banner, banneret, bead, beat, beat the drum,… …

    Moby Thesaurus