n.
1.emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
2.plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
3.a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
4.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.
5.flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green
6.stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones
7.a conspicuously marked or shaped tail flag v.
1.communicate or signal with a flag
2.provide with a flag
3.droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
4.decorate with flags
5.become less intense
Idiom of the Day
in effect
for practical purposes, basically
The man's silence was in effect, a way of disagreeing with the other people in the meeting.
