flag

[US]/flæɡ/
[UK]/flæɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. banner, national flag; signal flag; tiredness; decrease in attention; marker; indicator
v. to mark; to decrease; to attract attention.

Phrases & Collocations

national flag

flagpole

raise the flag

lower the flag

red flag

white flag

yellow flag

blue flag

flag of truce

flag day

flag state

with flags flying

flag of distress

show the flag

hoist the flag

flag down

flag pole

black flag

quarantine flag

flag of convenience

wave the flag

Example Sentences

the flap of the flag in the wind.

the flag was tightly furled.

a white flag was hoisted.

flag sb. a taxi

hoist a flag to the top of the pole

The flag was aflutter in the air.

The flag flaps in the wind.

The flag was flying aloft.

to fly a flag at half-mast

The flag was streaming in the wind.

a panoply of colorful flags

flag down a passing car.

My appetite flags in the hot weather.

innumerable flags of all colours.

he lashed the flag to the mast.

the flags hung limp and still.

Real-world Examples

They hoist the national flag at six o'clock every morning.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

But none of them raised the white flag easily.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

Scores of youths threw stones at the building and tore down the French flag.

Source: BBC Listening Collection January 2013

People are very pushy socially in New York, but they don't wave a flag.

Source: We all dressed up for Bill.

This is the flag of what nation?

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2022 Collection

" They're setting up the flag now" .

Source: VOA Special June 2020 Collection

Some of you have seen the flag.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) December 2014 Collection

He also has full-size flags on offer.

Source: VOA Special September 2021 Collection

Well, you can see American flags everywhere.

Source: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Junior Middle School English

It definitely raises a red flag for them.

Source: Learn business English with Lucy.

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