Flag - English meaning

verb

(of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread.

Usage examples:

The storm suddenly abated

noun

A long, narrow flag with a cleft end, flown at a masthead.

Usage examples:

The banderole bears the inscription ‘asperges me hyssopo,’ a phrase from psalm 51: 7.

noun

A long strip of cloth bearing a slogan or design, carried in a demonstration or procession or hung in a public place.

Usage examples:

A nuclear disarmament banner was carried round the war memorial

adjective

Excellent; outstanding.

Usage examples:

The company was having a banner year

noun

An old world seed-eating songbird related to the finches, typically having brown streaked plumage and a boldly marked head.

Usage examples:

Longspurs, buntings, towhees and seedeaters are the groups within emberizidae that most often show …

noun

Flags and other colourful festive decorations.

Usage examples:

Club colours and banners bristled from every corner as bunting and flags adorned the spectators and…

noun

A hooded sleeping bag for babies.

Usage examples:

Your baby's stroller becomes like a bunting on wheels with these blankets.

noun

A flag bearing the colours or emblem of a sailing club, typically triangular.

Usage examples:

We exchanged handmade valentines and flew heart burgees fashioned from old sails, scraps of red clo…

noun

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.

Usage examples:

The lights flickered and changed colour

verb

Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.

Usage examples:

Discrimination on the basis of colour

noun

Red, blue, green, yellow, etc.

Usage examples:

What's your favourite colour?, she wears a lot of bright colours., what colour are your eyes?, does…

verb

(typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease.

Usage examples:

The birth rate continued to decline

noun

A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value.

Usage examples:

A serious decline in bird numbers

verb

To go down in amount or quality; lessen or weaken

Usage examples:

His interest in the project declined after his wife died., her health declined quickly., [ t ] she …

verb

Make or become smaller or fewer in size, amount, intensity, or degree.

Usage examples:

The population of the area has decreased radically

noun

An instance or example of becoming smaller or fewer.

Usage examples:

A decrease in births

verb

To become smaller or make something less

Usage examples:

[ i ] car sales decreased sharply this year., i haven’t noticed any decrease in ticket sales.

verb

Become progressively worse.

Usage examples:

Relations between the countries had deteriorated sharply

verb

To become worse

Usage examples:

She went into the hospital when her condition began to deteriorate., a deterioration in relations b…

verb

To become worse

Usage examples:

If the economy continues to deteriorate, it will affect the firm's future performance., sales will …

verb

Make or become less.

Usage examples:

The new law is expected to diminish the government's chances

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size or importance

Usage examples:

[ i ] the threat of inflation is diminishing., [ t ] a single-payer system would diminish the burea…

verb

To reduce or be reduced in size, importance, or value

Usage examples:

If consumers start losing confidence, it will diminish demand for household goods., investors can d…

verb

Bend or hang downwards limply.

Usage examples:

A long black cloak drooped from his shoulders

noun

An act or instance of drooping; a limp or weary attitude.

Usage examples:

The exhausted droop of her shoulders

verb

To bend or hang down

Usage examples:

The old woman sighed and pushed back a drooping strand of iron-gray hair.

noun

The movement of the tide out to sea.

Usage examples:

The tide was on the ebb

verb

(of tidewater) move away from the land; recede.

Usage examples:

The tide began to ebb

noun

A heraldic device or symbolic object as a distinctive badge of a nation, organization, or family.

Usage examples:

America's national emblem, the bald eagle

noun

An object that is used to represent a particular person, group, or idea, or a picture of the object

Usage examples:

A dove is often used as an emblem of peace.

noun

Something such as a picture which is a symbol for a particular person, organization, group, or idea

Usage examples:

The merchandise carries the alfa romeo emblem., the leather-goods manufacturer began to be seen an …

noun

A flag or standard, especially a military or naval one indicating nationality.

Usage examples:

The blue ensign is not the ensign of the royal naval reserve as such, as is sometimes stated.

noun

A flag on a ship showing the country the ship belongs to

verb

Gradually grow faint and disappear.

Usage examples:

The light had faded and dusk was advancing

noun

The process of becoming less bright.

Usage examples:

The sun can cause colour fade

verb

Become less clearly visible or distinguishable

verb

Be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.

Usage examples:

He failed in his attempt to secure election

noun

A mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test.

Usage examples:

A fail grade

verb

Lose strength or momentum.

Usage examples:

The music faltered, stopped, and started up again

verb

Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

verb

To lose strength or purpose and pause or stop

Usage examples:

His career began to falter., faltering speech

noun

A number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company.

Usage examples:

The trade figures

verb

Have a significant part or role in a situation or process.

Usage examples:

The issue of nuclear policy figured prominently in the talks

noun

A number or an amount

Usage examples:

The collection was valued at $20 million, a figure that might cover the cost of having artists recr…

noun

A flat stone slab, typically rectangular or square, used for paving.

Usage examples:

There was a carpet on the flagstones of the hall

noun

A flat piece of stone used esp. outside a building to make floors, stairs, and paths

noun

A banner or pennant, especially one with streamers, hung from a crossbar.

Usage examples:

The hand-stitched, silk gonfalons are black and gold, reflecting the university's official colors.

noun

A pennant that narrows to a point or fork at the free end, especially one used as the standard of a light cavalry regiment.

Usage examples:

British cavalry standards and guidons are made of crimson silk embroidered with the appropriate reg…

verb

Establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.

Usage examples:

The judge ordered that the girl should not be identified

verb

Recognize as being

verb

To recognize or be able to name someone or something, or to prove who or what someone or something is

Usage examples:

Small babies can identify their mothers., the police officer refused to identify himself.

noun

A representation of the external form of a person or thing in art.

Usage examples:

Her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art

verb

Make a representation of the external form of.

Usage examples:

Artworks which imaged women's bodies

noun

An idea, esp. a mental picture, of what something or someone is like

Usage examples:

I had an image of texas in my head that was totally different from how it really is., he’s trying t…

verb

Point out; show.

Usage examples:

Dotted lines indicate the text's margins

verb

To show or signal a direction or warning, or to make something clear

Usage examples:

[ t ] these statistics might indicate quality problems., [ + that clause ] she did not move or indi…

verb

To show something, point to something, or make something clear

Usage examples:

Indicate sth to sb retailers should indicate to the consumer the exact weight of the produce., the …

noun

A device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected.

Usage examples:

Finally, lower the jack so the wheel is back down on the road.

noun

Another term for blackjack (sense 5).

verb

Take (something) illicitly; steal.

Usage examples:

What's wrong is to jack somebody's lyrics and not acknowledge the fact

noun

The imperial standard of constantine the great, which bore christian symbolic imagery fused with the military symbols of the roman empire.

Usage examples:

Also the labarums the romans have are missing an actual chi-rho on the top of the pole and instead …

noun

A small piece of paper, fabric, plastic, or similar material attached to an object and giving information about it.

Usage examples:

The alcohol content is clearly stated on the label

verb

Another term for dripstone.

noun

A piece of paper or other material that gives information about the object it is attached to

Usage examples:

The address/mailing label, follow the instructions on the label., everything we produce goes out un…

verb

(of a person, animal, or plant) lose or lack vitality; grow weak.

Usage examples:

Plants may appear to be languishing simply because they are dormant

verb

To exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time

Usage examples:

Members of congress have introduced plans, but those have languished.

verb

To be weak or fail to improve

Usage examples:

Traditional industries continue to languish or disappear.

verb

Make or become less; diminish.

Usage examples:

The years have lessened the gap in age between us

verb

To become or make something smaller in amount or degree

Usage examples:

[ t ] keeping your weight down can lessen the risk of heart disease.

verb

To make something smaller, less noticeable, etc., or to become smaller, less noticeable, etc.

Usage examples:

Corporate executives are keen to embrace "green technology" in order to lessen their dependence on …

noun

A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

Usage examples:

The blow left a red mark down one side of her face

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a deutschmark.

Usage examples:

Germany spent billions of marks to save the french franc from speculators

noun

A piece of jewellery that hangs from a chain worn round the neck.

Usage examples:

A jade-green pendant on a gold chain

adjective

Hanging downwards; pendent.

Usage examples:

Pendant flowers on frail stems

noun

A piece of jewelry worn around the neck consisting of a long chain with an object hanging from it, or the object itself

noun

A tapering flag on a ship, especially one flown at the masthead of a vessel in commission.

noun

A flag shaped like a triangle

noun

A long triangular or swallow-tailed flag, especially one of a kind formerly attached to a lance or helmet; a pennant.

noun

The action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the state of being so represented.

Usage examples:

You may qualify for free legal representation

noun

People who will speak and act for you in an official situation, or the fact of someone speaking and acting for you

Usage examples:

More american workers are demanding union representation., these employees need legal representatio…

verb

Sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.

Usage examples:

She let her head sag lower and lower

noun

A downward curve or bulge in a structure caused by weakness or excessive weight or pressure.

Usage examples:

A sag in the middle necessitated a third set of wheels

noun

Variant spelling of saag.

noun

The den or burrow of a badger.

Usage examples:

His mother gave birth to him and his brother in a garage in cumbria because all the badger setts ha…

noun

A hole in the ground, often with several passages and different entrances, where a badger or a family of badgers lives

Usage examples:

A badger sett, we recommend granite setts for driveways and larger paved areas.

noun

A small piece of stone that is used with others to make paths, etc.

Usage examples:

We recommend granite setts for driveways and larger paved areas.

noun

A large, thick, flat piece of stone or concrete, typically square or rectangular in shape.

Usage examples:

Paving slabs

verb

Remove slabs from (a log or tree) to prepare it for sawing into planks.

Usage examples:

He slabbed the log on the two other remaining sides to make a rectangular timber

noun

A level of quality or attainment.

Usage examples:

Their restaurant offers a high standard of service

adjective

Used or accepted as normal or average.

Usage examples:

The standard rate of income tax

adjective

Usual or expected; not involving something special or extra

Usage examples:

A standard contract, i don’t work a standard, 35-hour week., the car came with an air conditioner a…

noun

A long, narrow strip of material used as a decoration or symbol.

Usage examples:

Plastic party streamers

noun

A long, narrow strip of brightly coloured paper that is used as a decoration for special occasions such as parties

Usage examples:

We decorated the office with streamers for paul's leaving party., many streamers make their living …

noun

A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.

Usage examples:

The symbol r in figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective

verb

Symbolize.

Usage examples:

The first was symbol of the atonement the 2nd was to symbol the carrying away of sins.

noun

A small flap or strip of material attached to or projecting from something, used to hold, fasten, or manipulate it, or for identification and information.

Usage examples:

The shopkeeper undid the clasp binding the date book closed and heaved it open, revealing a binder …

verb

Short for tableau curtains.

verb

Use the tab key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.

Usage examples:

The user can tab to the phrase and press enter

noun

A label attached to someone or something for the purpose of identification or to give other information.

Usage examples:

He gave his pet a collar with a metal name tag

verb

Attach a label to.

Usage examples:

Mothers suspected that their babies had been wrongly tagged during an alarm at the hospital

verb

Touch (someone being chased) in a game of tag.

Usage examples:

Freeze tag is a game where one person is selected to chase and tag the others.

noun

A mark (✓) used to indicate that an item in a list or text is correct or has been chosen, checked, or dealt with.

Usage examples:

A map of the urus-martan area is black from ticks and marks indicating ordnance.

verb

Mark (an item) with a tick or select (a box) on a form, questionnaire, etc. to indicate that something has been chosen, checked, approved, or dealt with.

Usage examples:

Just tick the appropriate box below

noun

A parasitic arachnid that attaches itself to the skin of a terrestrial vertebrate from which it sucks blood, leaving the host when sated. some species transmit diseases, including tularaemia and lyme disease.

Usage examples:

It takes 24 hours for a tick to transmit lyme disease, so rapid removal is important.

verb

Feel or cause to feel in need of rest or sleep.

Usage examples:

Soon the ascent grew steeper and he began to tire

noun

Us spelling of tyre.

noun

A rubber covering, typically inflated or surrounding an inflated inner tube, placed round a wheel to form a soft contact with the road.

noun

(in ancient rome) a military standard or banner, especially one of a maniple.

Usage examples:

In 1855 (during the reign of king rama iv; mongkut) the white chakra was dropped and thus the vexil…

verb

(of the moon) have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated, so that it appears to decrease in size.

Usage examples:

Tory tried to see her reflection, but the moon was waning, the stars obscured by clouds.

noun

The amount by which a plank or log is bevelled or falls short of a squared shape.

Usage examples:

I cut the log into slabs without removing the outside wane

verb

Make or become weaker in power, resolve, or physical strength.

Usage examples:

Fault lines had weakened and shattered the rocks

verb

To make or become weak or weaker

Usage examples:

[ i ] the country’s economy continues to weaken., [ t ] long exposure to vibration can weaken aircr…

verb

To become or make something or someone become less powerful, successful, effective, etc.

Usage examples:

A series of scandals weakened investor confidence., the plan has divided the country and weakened t…

verb

(of a plant, leaf, or flower) become limp through heat, loss of water, or disease; droop.

Usage examples:

At this time, chill treatment seedlings were severely wilted with extensive leaf rolling characteri…

noun

Any of a number of fungal or bacterial diseases of plants characterized by wilting of the foliage.

Usage examples:

These varieties are more resistant to aphids and wilt

verb

Archaic second person singular of will1.