Dictionary definition · flag
noun
- emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
- 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.
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
- a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
- stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
- a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
verb
- communicate or signal with a flag
- provide with a flag"Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
- droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
- decorate with flags"the building was flagged for the holiday"
- become less intense
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).