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flagged | |
1. adj. Marked with a flag. | |
2. adj. Paved with flagstones. | |
3. adj. Having split, bushy ends (of bristles). | |
flag | |
1. n. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol. | |
2. n. An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites). | |
3. n. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship. | |
4. n. (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag. | |
5. n. (construction) (abbreviation of flagstone:) a construction material used for paving, flooring, roofing or tiling | |
6. n. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event. | |
7. n. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain option | |
8. n. (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked. | |
9. n. (British) An abbreviation for capture the flag. | |
10. n. (geometry) 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 itsel | |
11. n. (mathematics, linear algebra) 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) i | |
12. v. To furnish or deck out with flags. | |
13. v. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something. | |
14. v. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc. | |
Please flag down a taxi for me. | |
15. v. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals. | |
to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance | |
16. v. (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. | |
17. v. (computing) To signal (an event). | |
The compiler flagged three errors. | |
18. v. (computing) To set a program variable to true. | |
Flag the debug option before running the program. | |
19. v. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity. | |
20. v. (sports) To penalize for an infraction. | |
The defender was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct. | |
21. v. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble. | |
His strength flagged toward the end of the race. | |
22. v. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. | |
23. v. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness. | |
to flag the wings | |
24. v. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of. | |
25. n. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus. | |
26. n. (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod. | |
27. n. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving. | |
28. n. (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones. | |
29. v. To pave with flagstones. | |
Fred is planning to flag his patio this weekend. | |
30. n. A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc. | |
31. n. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks. | |
32. n. The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter. | |
33. n. (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value | |