Flag
To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.
To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.
To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
That which flags or hangs down loosely.
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.
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, as of a setter.
To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.
To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
To furnish or deck out with flags.
A flat stone used for paving.
Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
To lay with flags of flat stones.
One of the wing feathers next the body of a bird; -- called also flag feather.
To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, or the like to arouse the animal's curiosity.
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Flag Quotations
White collar conservative flashin down the street, pointing that plastic finger at me, they all assume my kind will drop and die, but I'm gonna wave my freak flag high.
Jimi Hendrix
As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to sail under, but few will use it as a rudder by which to steer.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.
Daniel Webster
The headline is the 'ticket on the meat.' Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising.
David Ogilvy
I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars.
Joshua Chamberlain
I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag, and to the Savior, for whose Kingdom it stands, one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again, with life and liberty for all who believe.
Dan Quayle
Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
William Jennings Bryan
When facism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
Sinclair Lewis
Nowhere else in history has there ever been a flag that stands for the right to burn itself. This is the fractal of our flag. It stands for the right to destroy itself.
Ken Kesey
I stand fearlessly for small dogs, the American Flag, motherhood and the Bible. That's why people love me.
Art Linkletter
There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.
Howard Zinn
We said we'd fly the flag without him and carry on. I didn't give him a kiss because I still hadn't accepted what was happening. I was hoping that some miracle was going to happen. Of course, it didn't. I wish I had kissed him now.
Robin Gibb
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
Jesse Ventura
A lot of folks are still demanding more evidence before they actually consider Iraq a threat. For example, France wants more evidence. And you know I'm thinking, the last time France wanted more evidence they rolled right through Paris with the German flag.
David Letterman
The victory march will continue until the Palestinian flag flies in Jerusalem and in all of Palestine.
Yasser Arafat
I was there during the first elections in South Africa. I watched them take down the apartheid flag and raise the new flag.
Al Sharpton
I'm hoping that maybe everyone on the Olympic team thinks that I'm worthy to carry the flag. That's my next goal, to carry the flag during the opening ceremonies, if everyone chooses me.
Picabo Street
Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?
Jose Saramago
Yes, I'm a patriotic person. For these people who disgrace the American way and burn our flag and do all of these things... I say, don't live here and disgrace my country. Go live in the Middle East and see how you like it.
Payne Stewart
I don't judge others. I say if you feel good with what you're doing, let your freak flag fly.
Sarah Jessica Parker
I wrote the script of Patton. I had this very bizarre opening where he stands up in front of an American flag and gives this speech. Ultimately, I was fired. When the script was done, they hired another writer and that script was forgotten.
Francis Ford Coppola
The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work.
Francis Ford Coppola
I can't tell people what flag to fly.
Lesley Stahl
I can't fly a flag for monogamy or whatever the opposite is; it depends on the person and on the situation.
Sting
Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.
Thomas Moore
It's an unfortunate situation. After such a great play I felt like I got hit late, no flag, broke my hand. That's it. That's pretty much been the story for the past three weeks, and obviously at some point something catastrophic was going to happen, and I broke my hand.
Michael Vick
The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is recognized from near and afar, and many lives have been lost defending it.
Jeff Miller
Wherever I see people doing something the way it's always been done, the way it's 'supposed' to be done, following the same old trends, well, that's just a big red flag to me to go look somewhere else.
Mark Cuban
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Flag Translations
flag in Afrikaans is vlag
flag in Danish is flag, fane
flag in Dutch is dundoek, vaan, vlag
flag in Finnish is lippu
flag in German is kennzeichnen, Kennzeichen, Flagge, Flag
flag in Italian is bandiera, stendardo
flag in Latin is vexillum
flag in Norwegian is flagg
flag in Portuguese is bandeira
flag in Spanish is bandera
flag in Swedish is flagga
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