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Type Words
Synonyms signal flag
Type of visual signal
Has types code flag, nautical signal flag, red flag, pennant
Type Words
Synonyms ease off, ease up, slacken off
Type of diminish, lessen, fall, decrease
Type Words
Synonyms flagstone
Type of paving stone
Type Words
Synonyms pin
Type of golf equipment
Type Words
Synonyms masthead
Type of list, listing
Type Words
Synonyms fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily
Type of iridaceous plant
Has types vernal iris, blue flag, beardless iris, yellow flag, yellow iris, bearded iris, yellow water flag, iris xiphioides, iris virginica, iris versicolor, iris verna, iris pseudacorus, iris persica, iris foetidissima, iris cristata, roast beef plant, southern blue flag, dwarf iris, bulbous iris, persian iris, english iris, gladdon iris, gladdon, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris
Type Words
Synonyms droop, sag, swag
Type of drop down, drop, sink
Has types bag, slouch, slump
Type Words
Type of tail
Type Words
Type of sign, signalize, signalise, signal
Type Words
Type of adorn, beautify, decorate, ornament, grace, embellish


the building was flagged for the holiday.
Type Words
Type of emblem
Has types fanion, banner, battle flag, black flag, blackjack, colors, colours, confederate flag, ensign, american flag, flag of truce, jack, jolly roger, national flag, old glory, pennant, pennon, pirate flag, standard, star-spangled banner, stars and bars, stars and stripes, streamer, tricolor, tricolour, union flag, union jack, waft, white flag, yellow jack
Type Words
Type of mark

Examples of flag

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The club's custom flag, Pat recalled, merged the Stars and Stripes with a cross.
From the desmoinesregister.com
DiSalvo's Ducati broke on Lap 28, the same lap where the red flag was displayed.
From the news-journalonline.com
Gomer has worked in places where people scorn, even shoot at, the American flag.
From the thenewstribune.com
The winning line could post a black-and-white checkered flag on their machinery.
From the thenewstribune.com
Afghan protesters step on a U.S. flag during a demonstration in Kabul on Monday.
From the dailyherald.com
Resident Dallas Braun will present a 13-by-8 foot crocheted flag to the village.
From the dailyherald.com
The Turks are the only country to display their national flag on their vehicles.
From the time.com
In persuasive, insistent language, the authors hoist one red flag after another.
From the time.com
The second is that the Silver Fern flag is just so much more visually appealing.
From the stuff.co.nz
More examples
  • Communicate or signal with a flag
  • Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
  • Masthead: 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.
  • Provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
  • Iris: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
  • Sag: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
  • A flag is a piece of fabric, often flown from a pole or mast, generally used symbolically for signalling or identification. It is most commonly used to symbolize a country. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic design employed by a flag, or to its depiction in another medium.
  • In American football and Canadian football, a penalty is a sanction called against a team for a violation of the rules, called a foul. Officials initially signal penalties by tossing a bright yellow colored "penalty flag" onto the field toward or at the spot of a foul. ...
  • In computer programming, flag refers to one or more bits that are used to store a binary value or code that has an assigned meaning. ...