Meaning Of Flag

v. i.

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

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

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

To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
n.

That which flags or hangs down loosely.
n.

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.
n.

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

A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
n.

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

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

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

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

To furnish or deck out with flags.
n.

A flat stone used for paving.
n.

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

To lay with flags of flat stones.