flag

Meanings

• emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
• 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.
• plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
• a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
• flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
• stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
• a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
• communicate or signal with a flag
• provide with a flag
  • "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"
• droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
• decorate with flags
  • "the building was flagged for the holiday"
• become less intense

Synonyms

droop, ease off, ease up, flagstone, fleur-de-lis, iris, masthead, pin, sag, signal flag, slacken off, swag, sword lily