flag : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the national flag of the United States of America
  Old Glory; Star-Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes.
  

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• noun a flag that leads troops into battle
  

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• noun a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship
  black flag; Jolly Roger; blackjack.
  

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• the flag of a pirate, often bearing in white a skull and crossbones; a signal of defiance.

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• noun a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally
  Iris versicolor.
  

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• noun one of an international code of flag signals used between ships
  code flag.
  

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• noun the first flag of the Confederate States of America
  Stars and Bars.
  

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• the cat-tail (Typha latifolia), the long leaves of which are placed between the staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight.

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gladiolus; called also sword lily.

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• a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or rushes.

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• noun the captain of a flagship
  

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• etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer.

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• noun commemorating the adoption of the United States flag in 1777
  June 14.
  

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• verb signal to stop
  
  • Let's flag down a cab--it's starting to rain
  • The policeman flagged down our car

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• noun flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce
  flag of truce.
  

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• a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile.

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• noun a senior naval officer above the rank of captain
  

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• the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore.

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• noun the rank of a flag officer
  

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• the root of the sweet flag.

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• the flag officer's share of prize money.

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• noun smut affecting leaves and stems of cereals and other grasses
  

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• noun a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores
  

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• (Railroad), a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved.

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• noun a small railway station between the principal stations or a station where the train stops only on a signal
  whistle stop; way station.
  

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• noun an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions
  jingoism.
  

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• noun an extreme bellicose nationalist
  jingoist; patrioteer; hundred-percenter; jingo; chauvinist.
  

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• adjective satellite fanatically patriotic
  jingoistic; chauvinistic; nationalistic; superpatriotic; ultranationalistic.
  

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• a flag denoting the commercial house to which a merchant vessel belongs.

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• noun a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
  knight banneret; banneret.
  

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• (Geol.), a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.

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• noun perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
  calamus; sweet calamus; Acorus calamus; flagroot; myrtle flag.
  

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• noun an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality
  ensign.
  

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• a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned.

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• noun one of an international code of flag signals used between ships
  code flag.
  

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• noun a flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship
  black flag; Jolly Roger; blackjack.
  

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• a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a vessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an infectious disease; called also the yellow jack, and yellow flag.

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• noun a flag that serves as a warning signal
  
  • we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up
• noun the emblem of socialist revolution
  
• noun something that irritates or demands immediate action
  
  • doing that is like waving a red flag in front of a bull

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• a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists.

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• a smaller flag resembling the ensign, but without the union jack; used as the sign of the presence and command of an admiral. Eng. Brande & C.

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• sandstone which splits up into flagstones.

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• noun a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
  flag.
  

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• noun reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia
  narrow-leaved reedmace; Typha angustifolia; narrow-leaf cattail; lesser bullrush.
  

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• noun similar to blue flag; the eastern United States
  Iris virginica.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the California rockfish (Sebastichthys rubrivinctus). It is conspicuously colored with bands of red and white.

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• noun perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
  calamus; sweet calamus; Acorus calamus; flagroot; myrtle flag.
  

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• (Bot.), an endogenous plant (Acorus Calamus) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See Calamus, 2.
• . See Calamus, n., 2.

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• (Naut.), a line spliced into the eye at the foot of the hoist for securing the flag to the halyards.

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• to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender.

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• to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; done as a mark of respect.

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• to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag.

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• to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning.

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• noun national flag of the United Kingdom
  Union Jack.
  

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1. (Bot.) A European species of Iris (Iris Pseudacorus) having bright yellow flowers.

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• noun fungus affecting leaves and stems of wheat
  Urocystis tritici.
  

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• noun flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce
  flag of truce.
  

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• noun common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated
  Iris pseudacorus; yellow iris; yellow flag.
  

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• the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.

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• noun common yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated
  Iris pseudacorus; yellow iris; yellow flag.
  

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