(v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
(v. i.) To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.
(v. t.) To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.
(v. t.) To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
(n.) That which flags or hangs down loosely.
(n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
(n.) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
(n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
(n.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
(v. t.) To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.
(v. t.) To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
(n.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
(v. t.) To furnish or deck out with flags.
(n.) A flat stone used for paving.
(n.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
(v. t.) To lay with flags of flat stones.
Example Sentences:
(1) Fluttering in the background was a black flag adorned with white script, the “black flag of jihad”.
(2) Adults and immatures of Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls were collected by flagging vegetation and from lizards during a 3-mo period in the Hualapai Mountain Park, Mohave County, AZ, in 1991.
(3) The Brandenburg Gate was lit up in the colours of the German flag.
(4) The supporters – many of them wearing Hamas green headbands and carrying Hamas flags – packed the open-air venue in rain and strong winds to celebrate the Islamist organisation's 25th anniversary and what it regards as a victory in last month's eight-day war with Israel.
(5) But we sent out reconnoitres in the morning; we send out a team in advance and they get halfway down the road, maybe a quarter of the way down the road, sometimes three-quarters of the way down the road – we tried this three days in a row – and then the shelling starts and while I can’t point the finger at who starts the shelling, we get the absolute assurances from the Ukraine government that it’s not them.” Flags on all Australian government buildings will be flown at half-mast on Thursday, and an interdenominational memorial service will be held at St Patrick’s cathedral in Melbourne from 10.30am.
(6) Meanwhile, in the US, Ellen DeGeneres , who is 56 and came out in the 90s, is still flying the lesbian flag on TV.
(7) Blight responded with a hypothetical, telling Ludlam if the ASD asked a foreign agency to get material about Australian citizens it could not access under Australian law, the IGIS would know about it and flag it in its annual report.
(8) Now is the time to rally behind him and show a solid front to Iran and the world.” Political scientists call this the “rally round the flag effect”, and there are two schools of thought for why it happens, according to the scholars Marc J Hetherington and Michael Nelson.
(9) "There were around 50 attackers, heavily armed in three vehicles, and they were flying the Shebab flag," Maisori added, speaking from the town, where several buildings including hotels, restaurants, banks and government offices were razed to the ground.
(10) Perhaps you'd like to know how she felt holding the Olympic flag alongside Ban Ki-moon at the 2012 opening ceremony .
(11) Zuma, who had endured booing during Mandela's memorial service at this stadium, received a rapturous welcome as he entered to the sound of a military drumroll trailed by young, flag-waving majorettes.
(12) On Wednesday, managing director Mike Devereux also flagged that the company's future in the country was not certain if government funding was not locked in over a long period.
(13) And when you said the pledge of allegiance in the morning, you had to look at those flags.
(14) For a while North Korea refused to play, but after delicate negotiations the players were persuaded back on to the pitch and the correct flag was displayed alongside the team photos.
(15) Photograph: ICAEW A separate report puts UK business confidence at a two-year low amid flagging economic growth.
(16) The footballer, who plays for club side Gabala and the national team , had waved a Turkish flag during a Europa League match in Cyprus, and appeared to make an obscene gesture at a Greek journalist who asked why he had done so.
(17) But Ofcom said the quizzes, aired on October 29 2006 and November 25 2006 respectively, were too difficult, featuring alterations to the signs and flags which could not reasonably have been detected by viewers.
(18) Resentment towards the political elite, the widening gap between the immensely rich and the poor, the deteriorating social security system, the collapse in oil prices and what Forbes has called "a stampede" of investors out of Russia – an outflow of $42bn in the first four months of 2012 – means the economy is flagging.
(19) It quickly became evident that there was an opportunity to take the idea beyond a one-off event between Anglicans and Catholics and reach out to other religions, like the Muslim community.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The St Peter’s XI practise under the Vatican flag.
(20) 1.08pm BST Lap 2: Sergio Perez is out after an incident at Mirabeau, which is what brought out the yellow flags and safety car.
Pennant
Definition:
(n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.
(n.) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, insiders said that late on Friday afternoon Pennant-Rea contacted Darcey to say they were not convinced that a seven-day operation for the Times and Sunday Times was off the table and would not therefore be approving Witherow and Ivens's appointments.
(2) And imagine handing one of those pennants over, shaking hands just before leading your country into a World Cup final!
(3) The six directors include Rupert Pennant-Rea, a former editor of the Economist and deputy governor of the Bank of England; Stephen Grabiner, a venture capitalist who previously worked in the Telegraph's commercial department; and Veronica Wadley, former editor of the London Evening Standard and ex-deputy editor of the Daily Mail.
(4) A History of Bradford City AFC in Objects , a new book by lifelong supporter John Dewhirst, appears not much more promising than a compulsive collection of memorabilia – but it is much more than the sum of its badges, pennants and other ephemera which the author admits his wife and three daughters would eagerly de-clutter tomorrow.
(5) This hatred is exacerbated when the Cards crush you season after season of course, to the tune of 19 pennants and 11 World Series titles.
(6) Pennant-Rea is also a former editor of the Economist, while Lord Marlesford is a former journalist on the same magazine.
(7) Pennant believes that Clarkson's apology does not address the root of the problem at the corporation.
(8) Pennant said Clarkson's apology did not address the diversity problem at the BBC.
(9) Despite mounting pressure on the BBC to sack Clarkson, Pennant is unconvinced that such a "kneejerk" move is the right response.
(10) Jon Walters and Kenwyne Jones tried to test the new goalkeeper with long shots early in the game, though both flew harmlessly wide and Amos dealt with his first cross from Jermaine Pennant comfortably enough.
(11) The wingers weren't getting enough crosses in early on, but Pennant's delivery for the second goal was excellent.
(12) Author and publisher Cass Pennant is a former member of the InterCity Firm.
(13) The Giants won NLCS Game Seven 9-0, powered by a five-run third inning, to win the National League pennant.
(14) Perry Boys Abroad, by Ian Hough, has been released by Pennant Publishing
(15) Simone Pennant, the founder of the The TV Collective, which helps run Henry's campaign, said such "incidents will keep happening" unless the BBC hires more black and Asian staff on Top Gear and its other shows.
(16) Psilotornus confertus Machalska, 1974 was found in the water-shrew Neomys fodiens Pennant, 1771 in the Oriental Pyrenean Mountains.
(17) In France, the larval forms (daughter sporocysts, cercariae and metacercariae) of M. oocysta develop in Hydrobia ulvae Pennant living on Norman coasts of the Channel; they are described again.
(18) However, it is understood that there is behind-the-scenes contact between the Times independent directors and News Corp executives – with Mike Darcey, the chief executive of News International, in contact with Rupert Pennant-Rea, one of the independent directors.
(19) "Our real role is to ensure that the editors of the Times and Sunday Times are able to run their newspapers according to their own judgments and with the resources adequate to that task", according to the leader of Wapping's "independent national directors", Rupert Pennant-Rea.
(20) Mike Darcey has a scheduled meeting next month with the directors but is expected to talk to the de facto chairman of the directors, former deputy Bank of England governor Rupert Pennant-Rea, in the coming days to see if they can establish a way of winning their approval for John Witherow and Martin Ivens, who were announced as "acting editors" of the Times and Sunday Times, respectively late on Friday.