to flag
- verb
- /flæɡ/
- To celebrate the holiday, we will flag the streets with flags and lights.
Examples
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CLIA justifies this practice by arguing that the crewing, ship construction, and ownership requirements to flag a vessel in the United States are among the most restrictive of the maritime nations.
Academic text (2016) -
They decided to flag the park with colorful banners for the festival.
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Maybe if we went to flag football, we would be more competitive.
Blog text (26) -
And if I had a flag I'd hang me flag out To add a sort of final victory touch
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Sallah, the Kapo, removes her whip from her belt and flags it across.
Fiction book (1992) -
Before the parade, volunteers will flag the route with decorative flags.
Synonyms
Put flags on a ship for a ceremony or festival
Antonyms
Idioms
To come together to show strong support for a leader or the country in danger
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A piece of cloth that stands for the United States with thirteen stripes and fifty stars
A flag used by Southern states during the American Civil War, often the battle flag design
- US
A day in the United States that remembers when the national flag was first used on June 14
A public display like a speech or a rally that makes people feel strong love for their country
- Specialized
Sending messages with flags by moving them in set patterns over a distance, often between ships
- Specialized
A disease of wheat and other grasses that makes dark streaks and black dust
- Specialized
A disease of wheat and other grasses that makes dark powdery streaks on leaves and stems
- Offensive
A person who shows strong support for their country often in aggressive ways
- Archaic
A person honored for great bravery who leads troops and carries a square banner
A tall plant like an iris with blue-violet flowers that grows in wet places in the eastern United States
- Specialized
Plant disease that attacks wheat leaves and stems, causing dark streaks and lower crop yields
How Decorated
Surface Forms
Etymology
To flag a place (decorate with flags) comes from putting many cloth flags around a building or street for a celebration, which makes the event easy to see.