flag

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

2. v. i. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags. Source: opted

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

4. v. t. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of. Source: opted

5. n. That which flags or hangs down loosely. Source: opted

6. 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. Source: opted

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

8. n. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks. Source: opted

9. n. The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. Source: opted

10. v. t. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train. Source: opted

11. v. t. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance. Source: opted

12. n. An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus. Source: opted

13. v. t. To furnish or deck out with flags. Source: opted

14. n. A flat stone used for paving. Source: opted

15. n. Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones. Source: opted

16. v. t. To lay with flags of flat stones. Source: opted

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