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Meaning
Noun
●
A
piece
of
cloth
, often
decorated
with an
emblem
, used as a
visual
signal
or symbol.
●
An
exact
representation
of a
flag
(
for example
: a
digital
one used in websites).
●
In Nautical:
A
flag
flown by
a
ship
to show the
presence
on board
of the
admiral
; the
admiral
himself, or his
flag
ship.
●
In Nautical:
A
signal
flag.
●
The use of a
flag
, especially to
indicate
the
start
of a
race
or other event.
●
In Computer science:
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.
●
In Computer science:
In a
command line interface
, a
command
parameter
requesting
optional
behavior
or otherwise
modifying
the
action
of the
command
being invoked.
●
In Aviation:
A
mechanical
indicator
that
pops up
to
draw
the pilot's
attention
to a problem or malfunction.
●
In British English:
The
game
of
capture
the flag.
●
In Geometry:
A
sequence
of
faces
of a given
polytope
, one of each
dimension
up to
that of the
polytope
(formally, though
in practice
not always
explicitly
, including the
null
face
and the
polytope
itself),
such that
each
face
in the
sequence
is part of the next-higher
dimension
face
.
●
In Linear algebra & Mathematics:
A
sequence
of
subspaces
of a
vector space
,
beginning
with the
null
space
and
ending
with the
vector space
itself,
such that
each
member
of the
sequence
(until the last) is a
proper
subspace
of the next.
●
In Television:
A
dark
piece
of
material
that can be
mounted
on a
stand to
block
or
shape
the light.
●
In British English:
An apron.
●
A
plot
or
words
of a
character
in an
animation
, etc; that would usually lead to a specific
outcome
or
event
, not
logically
or
causally
, but as a
pattern
of the
animation
, etc.
●
In Flowers & Iris family plants:
Any of various
plants
with sword-shaped
leaves
, especially
irises
;
specifically
, Iris pseudacorus.
●
A
slice
of
turf
; a sod.
●
A
slab
of
stone
; a
flagstone
,
a flat
piece
of
stone
used for paving.
●
In Geology:
Any
hard
,
evenly
stratified
sandstone
, which
splits
into
layers
suitable
for flagstones.
●
A group of
feathers
on the lower part of the
legs
of certain
hawks
,
owls
, etc.
●
A group of
elongated
wing
feathers
in certain hawks.
●
The
bushy
tail
of a
dog
such as a setter.
●
In Music:
A
hook
attached
to the
stem
of a
written
note
that
assigns
its
rhythmic
value
Verb
●
To
furnish
or
deck out
with flags.
●
To
mark
with a
flag
, especially to
indicate
the
importance
of something.
●
To
signal
to, especially to
stop
a
passing
vehicle
etc.
●
To
convey
(a
message
)
by means of
flag
signals.
●
To
note
,
mark
or
point out
for attention.
●
In Computing:
To
signal
(an event).
●
In Computing:
To set a
program
variable
to true.
●
To
decoy
(game) by
waving
a
flag
,
handkerchief
, etc. to
arouse
the animal's curiosity.
●
In Sports:
To
penalize
for an infraction.
●
In Chess:
To
lose
on time
, especially in a
blitz
game
; when using a
traditional
analog
chess clock
, a
flag
would
fall
when time expired.
●
In Chess:
To
defeat
(an
opponent
)
on time
, especially in a
blitz
game.
●
In Firearms:
To point the
muzzle
of a
firearm
at a person or
object
one does not
intend
to
fire
on.
●
To
fail
, such as a
class
or an exam.
●
In Biology:
In
female
canids
, to
signal
mating
readiness
by
moving
the
tail
aside
to
expose
the vulva.
●
To
weaken
, become feeble.
●
To
hang loose
without
stiffness
; to
bend down
, as
flexible
bodies
; to be
loose
,
yielding
, limp.
●
To let
droop
; to
suffer
to
fall
, or let
fall
, into feebleness.
●
To
enervate
; to
exhaust
the
vigour
or
elasticity
of.
●
To
pave
with flagstones.
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Origin
flag
English
flag
Middle English (1100-1500)
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