Sekirov Dictionary

flag

/flæɡ/

noun23

  1. a sign made of colored material and raised high, that stands for something or sends a message
  2. The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
  3. [before a noun] A signal flag.
  4. A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean 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.
  5. In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
  6. A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
  7. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
  8. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
  9. Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
  10. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
  11. A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
  12. A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
  13. (Internet) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.
  14. (UK) The game of capture the flag.
  15. A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
  16. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
  17. The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
  18. A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. A slice of turf; a sod.
  22. (slang, no longer used) An apron.
  23. (slang, no longer used) A groat; fourpence.

verb19

  1. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
  2. To note, mark or point out for attention.
  3. To signal (an event).
  4. To set a program variable to true.
  5. To weaken, become feeble.
  6. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
  7. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
  8. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
  9. To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
  10. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
  11. To penalize for an infraction.
  12. To furnish or deck out with flags.
  13. To pave with flagstones.
  14. To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
  15. To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
  16. To fail, such as a class or an exam.
  17. To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
  18. In female canids, to signal mating readiness by moving the tail aside to expose the vulva.
  19. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
forms

flagged · flagging · flaggeth · flags

Phrases with flag

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