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flagged




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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

Example Sentences

Only your service, I thought, flagged a little this evening. 
But the beams have been cleaned up, the walls painted white, the floor flagged with new stone. 
Climbers and ramblers yesterday flagged up their alarm about safety regulations which could require warning notices on rock climbs and snow slopes. 



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