NOUN | artifact | flag | emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design |
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communication | flag, 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. | |
plant | flag, iris, fleur-de-lis, sword lily | plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals | |
communication | flag, signal flag | a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device | |
artifact | flag, pin | flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green | |
artifact | flag, flagstone | stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones | |
animal | flag | a conspicuously marked or shaped tail | |
VERB | communication | flag | communicate or signal with a flag |
change | flag | provide with a flag | |
motion | flag, sag, droop, swag | droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness | |
creation | flag | decorate with flags | |
change | flag, ease up, ease off, slacken off | become less intense |
Sounds | flae'g | |
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Rhymes | Ag ... zigzag: 32 rhymes with aeg... |
Meaning | 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.. | |
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Synonym | masthead | |
Broader | list, listing | A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) |
Meaning | A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device. | |
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Synonym | signal flag | |
Narrower | code flag, nautical signal flag | One of an international code of flag signals used between ships |
pennant | A flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering) | |
red flag | A flag that serves as a warning signal | |
Broader | visual signal | A signal that involves visual communication |
Spanish | bandera | |
Catalan | bandera | |
Verbs | flag | communicate or signal with a flag |
Meaning | flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green. | |
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Synonym | pin | |
Broader | golf equipment | sports equipment used in playing golf |
Spanish | bandera, banderola | |
Catalan | banderola |
Meaning | stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones. | |
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Synonym | flagstone | |
Broader | paving stone | A stone used for paving |
Spanish | baldosa, laja, losa | |
Catalan | llamborda, llosa |
Meaning | A conspicuously marked or shaped tail. | |
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Part of | deer, cervid | distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers |
dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris | A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times | |
Broader | tail | The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body |
Meaning | Communicate or signal with a flag. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | sign, signal, signalize, signalise | Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs |
See also | flag down | signal to stop |
Nouns | flag | emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design |
flag | a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device |
Meaning | Provide with a flag. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately" | |
Broader | mark | make or leave a mark on |
Spanish | abanderar, marcar | |
Catalan | abanderar |
Meaning | droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Synonyms | sag, droop, swag | |
Narrower | bag | hang loosely, like an empty bag |
slump, slouch | assume a drooping posture or carriage | |
Broader | sink, drop, drop down | fall or descend to a lower place or level |
Spanish | combarse | |
Catalan | corbar-se |
Meaning | decorate with flags. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "the building was flagged for the holiday" | |
Broader | decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour / colour, etc. |
Spanish | embanderar | |
Nouns | flag | emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design |
Meaning | Become less intense. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | ease up, ease off, slacken off | |
Broader | decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range |
Spanish | reducir | |
Catalan | reduir |
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