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flag
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /flæ?/
- (North American also) IPA(key): /fle??/
- Rhymes: -æ?, -e??
Etymology 1
From 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 *flak? (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?- (“flat, broad, plain”), referring to the shape.
Germanic cognates include Saterland Frisian Flaage (“flag”), West Frisian flagge (“flag”), Dutch vlag (“flag”), German Flagge (“flag”), Swedish flagg (“flag”), Danish flag (“flag, ship's flag”). Compare also Middle English flacken (“to flutter, palpitate”), Swedish dialectal flage (“to flutter in the wind”), Old Norse flögra (“to flap about”). Akin to Old High German flogar?n (“to flutter”), Old High German flogezen (“to flutter, flicker”), Middle English flakeren (“to move quickly to and fro”), Old English flacor (“fluttering, flying”). More at flack, flacker.
Noun
flag (countable and uncountable, plural flags)
- A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
- An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
- (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
- (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
- The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
- (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 optional action take place.
- (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
- (aviation) A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
- 1966, Barry J. Schiff, All about Flying: An Introduction to the World of Flying (page 72)
- I was shooting an IFR approach down the San Francisco slot, when all of a sudden the ILS flag popped up.
- 1980, Paul Garrison, Flying VFR in marginal weather (page 139)
- […] and then the OFF flag popped up and the needle went dead.
- 1966, Barry J. Schiff, All about Flying: An Introduction to the World of Flying (page 72)
- (Britain, uncountable) The game of capture the flag.
- (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 itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
- 2002, Peter McMullen, Egon Schulte, Abstract Regular Polytopes, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications 92, page 31,
- We call P (combinatorially) regular if its automorphism group ?(P) is transitive on its flags.
- 2006, Peter McMullen, Egon Schulte, Regular and Chiral Polytopes in Low Dimensions, Harold Scott Macdonald Coxeter, Chandler Davis, Erich W. Ellers (editors), The Coxeter Legacy: Reflections and Projections, page 91,
- Roughly speaking, chiral polytopes have half as many possible automorphisms as have regular polytopes. More technically, the n-polytope P is chiral if it has two orbits of flags under its group ?(P), with adjacent flags in different orbits.
- 2002, Peter McMullen, Egon Schulte, Abstract Regular Polytopes, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications 92, page 31,
- (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) is a proper subspace of the next.
Synonyms
- (computer science: true-or-false value): Boolean
- (computer science: CLI notation): switch, option
- (geometry: sequence of faces of a polytope): dart
Holonyms
- (piece of cloth): bunting
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
flag (third-person singular simple present flags, present participle flagging, simple past and past participle flagged)
- To furnish or deck out with flags.
- To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
- (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
- Please flag down a taxi for me.
- 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.
- (computing) To signal (an event).
- The compiler flagged three errors.
- (computing) To set a program variable to true.
- Flag the debug option before running the program.
- To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
- 1885, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman
- This method of hunting, however, is not so much practised now as formerly, as the antelope are getting continually shyer and more difficult to flag.
- 1885, Theodore Roosevelt, Hunting Trips of a Ranchman
- (sports) To penalize for an infraction.
- (chess) To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
- (firearms) To point the muzzle of a firearm at a person or object one does not intend to fire on.
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
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”).
Verb
flag (third-person singular simple present flags, present participle flagging, simple past and past participle flagged)
- (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
- His strength flagged toward the end of the race.
- 1724, Jonathan Swift, Drapier's Letters, 2
- He now sees a spirit has been raised against him, and he only watches till it begin to flag.
- To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
- as loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast
- 1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla-Rookh
- To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
- to flag the wings
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)
- To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
- 1670, John Eachard, The Ground and Occasions of the Contempt of the Clergy
- there is nothing that flags the Spirits, disorders the Blood, and enfeebles the whole Body of Man, as intense Studies.
- 1670, John Eachard, The Ground and Occasions of the Contempt of the Clergy
Translations
Etymology 3
Of uncertain origin, perhaps from North Germanic; compare Danish flæg (“yellow iris”). Or, possibly from sense 1, referring to its motion in the wind. Compare also Dutch vlag.
Noun
flag (plural flags)
- Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
- ca. 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, sc. 3:
- [T]he ebbed man, ne'er loved till ne'er worth love,
- Comes deared by being lacked. This common body,
- Like to a vagabond flag upon the stream,
- Goes to and back, lackeying the varying tide,
- To rot itself with motion.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 8:11:
- Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
- before 1899, Robert Seymour Bridges, There is a Hill:
- And laden barges float
- By banks of myosote;
- And scented flag and golden flower-de-lys
- Delay the loitering boat.
- ca. 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act I, sc. 3:
Derived terms
- sweet flag
Translations
Etymology 4
Probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; compare Icelandic flag.
Noun
flag (plural flags)
- (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
- A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
- (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
Translations
Verb
flag (third-person singular simple present flags, present participle flagging, simple past and past participle flagged)
- (transitive) To pave with flagstones.
- Fred is planning to flag his patio this weekend.
Translations
Etymology 5
Noun
flag (plural flags)
- A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
- A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
- The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
- (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value
References
Chinese
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ???, from English flag.
Definitions
flag
- (Internet slang) A plot or words of a character in an animation, etc., that would usually lead to a specific outcome or event, not logically or causally, but as a pattern of the animation, etc., for example the words like "I will stop doing evil after this one last job" from a character, who usually would not survive the "job". Also figurative.
- ??flag ? s?wáng flag ? the words of a character which, as a pattern, usually follows the character's death
- goal; resolution; statement of intent
- ??flag ? x?nnián flag ? New Year resolutions
- ?flag ? lì flag ? to set up a goal
- ??flag??? ? T?de flag d?ole. ? He didn't achieve the goal.
- ??????flag????????????????????????? [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2020 April 11, "?????" (username), Weibo post
- H?ndu? tóngxué lìle flag yào h?oh?o bèik?o, rán'ér h?ode xuéxí f?ngf? néng q?dào shìbàng?ngbèi de xiàogu?. [Pinyin]
- Many students stated there resolution to study hard for the test, and a good way to study can yield twice the result with half the effort.
??????flag????????????????????????? [MSC, simp.]- “??????”?flag?????? [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2020 April 11, The Beijing News, “Internet Celebrity Theif to be Released: Put Aside For Now the Resolution to "Not Get Employed Forever"”
- “zhè bèiz? bù d?g?ng” de flag jiù xi?n g?zhì ba. [Pinyin]
- Put aside for now the resolution to "not get employed forever".
“??????”?flag?????? [MSC, simp.]
Danish
Etymology
From Dutch or English flag
Noun
flag n (singular definite flaget, plural indefinite flag)
- flag (cloth)
- flag (true-false variable)
Inflection
Verb
flag
- imperative of flage
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English flag.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /fl??/
- Hyphenation: flag
Noun
flag m (plural flags, diminutive flagje n)
- (computing) flag
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse flag, flaga, probably from Proto-Germanic *flak? (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?- (“flat, broad, plain”). However, compare Proto-Germanic *plagg?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fla??/
- Rhymes: -a??
Noun
flag n (genitive singular flags, nominative plural flög)
- area of ground stripped of turf
Declension
Related terms
- flaga
References
Portuguese
Etymology
From English flag.
Noun
flag m or f (in variation) (plural flags)
- (programming) flag (true-or-false variable)
- Synonym: booleano
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wither
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?w?ð?/; enPR: w?th??r
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?ð?/
- Rhymes: -?ð?(?)
- Homophone: whither (some accents)
Etymology 1
From Middle English widren, wydderen (“to dry up, shrivel”), related to or perhaps an alteration of Middle English wederen (“to expose to weather”), from Old English wederian (“to expose to weather, exhibit a change of weather”).
Verb
wither (third-person singular simple present withers, present participle withering, simple past and past participle withered)
- (intransitive) To shrivel, droop or dry up, especially from lack of water.
- (transitive) To cause to shrivel or dry up.
- There was a man which had his hand withered.
- now warm in love, now with'ring in the grave
- (intransitive, figuratively) To lose vigour or power; to languish; to pass away.
- 1782, William Cowper, Expostulation
- States thrive or wither as moons wax and wane.
- 1782, William Cowper, Expostulation
- (intransitive) To become helpless due to emotion.
- (transitive) To make helpless due to emotion.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Usage notes
- Not to be confused with whither.
Derived terms
- wither away
Translations
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
wither (plural withers)
- singular of withers (“part of the back of a four-legged animal that is between the shoulder blades”)
- 2007, Sara Douglass, Enchanter, Macmillan (?ISBN):
- Timozel had slid his feet quickly from the stirrups and swung his leg over the horse's wither as it slumped to the ground, standing himself in one graceful movement.
- 2008, Kate Luxmoore, Introduction to Equestrian Sports (?ISBN), page 140:
- If a saddle tips too far forward it may rest on the horse's wither and cause pain. There should always be a gap of roughly 5 cm between the horse's wither and the pommel when you are sitting on the saddle.
- 2007, Sara Douglass, Enchanter, Macmillan (?ISBN):
Etymology 3
From Middle English wither, from Old English wiþer (“again, against”, adverb in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþr (“against, toward”).
Adverb
wither (comparative more wither, superlative most wither)
- (obsolete or chiefly in compounds) Against, in opposition to.
Etymology 4
From Middle English witheren, from Old English wiþerian (“to resist, oppose, struggle against”).
Verb
wither (third-person singular simple present withers, present participle withering, simple past and past participle withered)
- (obsolete) To go against, resist; oppose.
Anagrams
- whiter, writhe
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