flag
To furnish or deck out with flagsTo furnish or deck out with flags.
Meaning
19 sensesTo furnish or deck out with flags.
decorate with flags
To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
markieren, kennzeichnen
поме́титьpométitʹ, фла́гнутьflágnutʹ
прикраша́ти пра́поромprykrašáty práporom, сигналізува́ти пра́поромsyhnalizuváty práporom, сиґналізува́ти пра́поромsygnalizuváty práporom
provide with a flag
(often, with down)To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
Please flag down a taxi for me.
signalisieren
To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance
(often, with up)To note, mark or point out for attention.
I've flagged up the need for further investigation into this.
Users of the Internet forum can flag others' posts as inappropriate.
To signal (an event).
The compiler flagged three errors.
markieren
communicate or signal with a flag
To set a program variable to true.
Flag the debug option before running the program.
markiere
To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
To penalize for an infraction.
The defender was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.
(intransitive)To lose on time, especially in a blitz game; when using a traditional analog chess clock, a flag would fall when time expired.
урони́ть флагuronítʹ flag, сруби́ть флагsrubítʹ flag, сби́ть флагsbítʹ flag
(transitive)To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
White was winning positionally, but Black managed to flag him and win.
To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
Examples
532 sentencesEvery country has its national flag.
У кожної країни є державний прапор. — JeNNeR
ruУ каждой страны есть государственный флаг. — ae5s
deJedes Land hat seine Nationalflagge. — Espi
This is the flag of Japan.
Це прапор Японії. — brambury
ruЭто японский флаг. — marafon
Tom raised the flag.
Том підняв прапор. — deniko
ruТом поднял флаг. — odexed
deTom hisste die Fahne. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We put up the flags on national holidays.
На державні свята ми вивішуємо прапори. — deniko
deWir hissen an Nationalfeiertagen die Fahnen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's an ugly flag.
Це негарний прапор. — deniko
deDas ist eine hässliche Flagge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English flag, flagge (“flag”), further etymology uncertain. Perhaps from or reFrom Middle English flag, flagge (“flag”), further etymology uncertain. Perhaps from or related to early Middle English flage (name for a baby's garment) and Old English flagg, flacg (“cataplasm, poultice, plaster”). Or, perhaps ultimately imitative, or otherwise drawn from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), referring to the shape.
Perhaps from a variant of flack (“to hang loose”), from Middle English flacken; or perhaps from Old Norse. Compare Middle Dutch flaggheren, vlaggheren (“to droop, flag”).
From Middle English flag, flagge, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; compare Icelandic flag.
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Forms
flags, flagging, flagged, flaggedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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