flag
- n emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- n 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.
- n plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- n a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- n flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- n stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- n a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
- v communicate or signal with a flag
- v provide with a flag
- v droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- v decorate with flags
the building was flagged for the holiday - v become less intense
flag day
- n commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777
flag of truce
- n flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce
flag smut
- n smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses
flag smut fungus
- n a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores