Flag

Noun

 * 1) A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
 * 2)  A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
 * 3)  A signal flag.
 * 4) The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
 * 5)  A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
 * 6)  In a command line interface, a notation requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
 * 7)  An abbreviation for capture the flag.
 * 8) Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
 * 9)  A slice of turf; a sod.
 * 10) A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.

Verb

 * 1) To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
 * 2)  To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
 * 3)  To note, mark or point out for attention.
 * : To signal (an event).
 * : To set a program variable to true.
 * 1)  To weaken, become feeble.
 * 2) To lay down flagstones.

Adjectives for Flag
rippling; hoisted; wind-swayed; tattered; crimson; insulted; back-blown; radiant; saucy; faltering; drooping; enchanted; movable; fluttering; enormous; quadrangular; constabulary; shameful; lozenge-shaped; scoured; ominous; hearth; withered; common; many-colored; gaiidy; simplest; easiest; veranda; garish; unfurled; hostile; invincible; draped; precious; historic.

Synonyms for Flag

 * Boolean
 * switch
 * decline, pall, sag, lag, languish, fail, droop, sink
 * signal, wave, gesture, indicate.

Antonyms for Flag

 * restore, strengthen, rehabilitate, revive, reanimate
 * hide, disguise, sneak, lie low, lurk.

Derived terms

 * antiflag
 * freak flag
 * raise a flag


 * show the flag
 * white flag
 * sweet flag

Thesaurus
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, bejewel, beribbon, bespangle, bitumen, bituminous macadam, black flag, blacktop, blade, blow, blue ensign, bract, bracteole, bractlet, break, break down, brick, bricks and mortar, bunting, burgee, burn out, carpet, causeway, cave in, cement, check off, clinker, coachwhip, cobble, cobblestone, collapse, color, colors, come apart, come unstuck, concrete, conk out, cotyledon, covering materials, crack up, crumble, curb, curbing, curbstone, dally, dangle, dawdle, debilitate, decline, decrease, degenerate, delay, desiccate, deteriorate, diamond, die, dillydally, diminish, dip, disintegrate, do in, do up, drag, droop, drop, dry up, dwindle, ease up, ebb, edgestone, enervate, engrave, ensign, exchange colors, exhaust, fade, fade away, fag, fag out, fail, faint, fall off, falter, fatigue, feather, ferroconcrete, festoon, figure, filigree, firebrick, fizzle out, flag down, flagging, flagstone, flash, floor, flooring, floral leaf, flounce, flower, foliole, frazzle, frond, garland, gasp, gem, gesture, get tired, give a signal, give out, give the nod, give way, glance, glume, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces, gonfalon, gonfanon, goof off, gravel, grow weary, guidon, hail, hail and speak, half-mast, halt, hang down, harass, hit the skids, hoist a banner, house flag, identify, illuminate, inform, involucre, involucrum, jack, jade, jewel, kerb, kerbstone, kick, knock out, knock up, label, lag, lamina, languish, lath and plaster, leaf, leaflet, leer, lemma, lessen, let up, ligule, linger, loiter, lollygag, long pennant, lose strength, macadam, make a sign, mark, masonry, merchant flag, metal, mortar, motion, national flag, needle, nod, nudge, oriflamme, overfatigue, overstrain, overtire, overweary, paint, pant, pave, pavement, pavestone, paving, paving material, paving stone, peak, pebble, peg out, pendant, pennant, pennon, pennoncel, petal, peter out, pile, pine, pine needle, plasters, play out, plume, poke, poop, poop out, prestressed concrete, prostrate, puff, puff and blow, raise a cry, red, red ensign, ribbon, road metal, roofage, roofing, royal standard, run down, run out, sag, salute, sear, seed leaf, sepal, shilly-shally, shrink, shrivel, siding, sign, signal, signal flag, signalize, sink, slump, sound an alarm, sound the trumpet, spangle, spathe, speak, spear, spire, standard, stipula, stipule, stone, stop, streamer, subside, succumb, swag, swallowtail, tab, tag, taper off, tar, tarmacadam, tarry, tick off, tile, tiling, tinsel, tire, tire out, tire to death, touch, trail, tricolor, tucker, unfurl a flag, use up, vexillum, walling, wane, warn, washboard, waste, waste away, waste time, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand, weaken, wear, wear away, wear down, wear on, wear out, wear thin, weary, wheeze, white, wilt, wind, wink, wither, wither away, wizen, wreathe, yield

Etymology

 * 1) From flag:, flagge:, of  or  origin. Compare  vlagghe:, Modern  vlag:,  Flagge:,  flagg:,  flag:,  flage:,  flögra:. Akin to  flogaron:,  flogezen:,  flakeren:,  flacor:. More at.
 * 2) Probably from.
 * 3) Of uncertain origin; compare Danish flæg:.
 * 4) Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Icelandic flag:

Noun

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: ,
 * Aramaic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azeri:
 * Basque: bandera, ikurrina
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: bandera
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Mandarin: (qízi)
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: drapeau, étendard (ancient war flag)
 * Georgian: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew: דגל DEH-gel
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: (, hata)
 * Khmer: (dtūəng)
 * Korean: 기
 * Kurdish: ala ,
 * Kurdish: ala ,


 * Lao: (thung)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: karogs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: Fändel
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കൊടി (koti), പതാക (pathaaka)
 * Manx: brattagh
 * Mongolian:
 * Nahuatl: pamitl
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Ossetian:
 * Persian: رایت,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Samogitian:
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Thai: (tong)
 * Tok Pisin: plag
 * Turkish:, sancak
 * Turkmen: baýdak
 * Ukrainian: прапор,, знамено, , , фляґа, хорогва, хоругва
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: פֿאָן (fon)


 * Finnish: päällikkyyslippu,
 * Korean: 사령기


 * Swedish: amiralsflagga


 * Dutch: signaalvlag


 * Finnish: merkkilippu, merkinantolippu


 * Czech:
 * Danish: flaggivning
 * Dutch: (het) vlaggen
 * Finnish:


 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കൊടി (koti)
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: binäärimuuttuja
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 플래그
 * Malay:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:


 * Bulgarian: опция
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * German:, , Kennzeichen
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:


 * : flamur
 * : bandera
 * Mandarin: (qízi)
 * :, flagskib
 * : pavillon, étendard (on ancient vessels)
 * : jelzőzászló
 * : bendera
 * :, flagskib
 * : pavillon, étendard (on ancient vessels)
 * : jelzőzászló
 * : bendera
 * : jelzőzászló
 * : bendera


 * : aniden
 * : flagg
 * : drapel, steag , stindard
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * : vlajka
 * : పతాకం (pataakam), జెండా (jenDaa)
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * : vlajka
 * : పతాకం (pataakam), జెండా (jenDaa)
 * : పతాకం (pataakam), జెండా (jenDaa)
 * : పతాకం (pataakam), జెండా (jenDaa)
 * : పతాకం (pataakam), జెండా (jenDaa)

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (yòng qí zi biǎo shì)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,


 * Hungarian:
 * Spanish: marcar o señalar con una bandera
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: signalera, flagga (för)
 * Ukrainian: прикрашати прапором, сигналізувати прапором, сиґналізувати прапором


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (dǎ qí hào)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: standse, vinke ad
 * Dutch: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Italian:
 * Swahili:

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (shuāituì)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: svækkes
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , erschlaffen,


 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: desfallecer flaquear
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: повиснути, поникнути, слабшати, зменшувати, зменшуватися,

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (chāngpú)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: sværdlilje
 * Dutch: gele lis
 * Finnish: (Iris);  (Iris pseudacorus)
 * German: Schwertlilie


 * Russian:, касатик
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: ірис, півники, косиця

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (shíbǎn)
 * Czech:
 * Danish: flise
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kivilaatta


 * German:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: losa piedra
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: плита, плитняк,

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Danish: belægge med fliser
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * German: fliesen


 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: мостити, брукувати, вистилати, прокладати,

Noun

 * 1) flag (cloth)
 * 2) flag (true-false variable)

Etymology
Loan word from.

Noun

 * 1)  Flag (computer science meanings).