Flag Flæɡ Country Organization Noun Sense Middle Bre

• the italian flag
• the flag of italy
• the hotel flies the european union flag.
• the american flag was flying.

flag

1. a piece of cloth with a special coloured design on it that may be the symbol of a particular country or organization, or may have a particular meaning. A flag can be attached to a pole or held in the hand
• see also blue flag
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blue-flag
• the Italian flag
• the flag of Italy
• The hotel flies the European Union flag.
• The American flag was flying.
• All the flags were at half mast (= in honour of a famous person who has died).
• The black and white flag went down, and the race began.
2. used to refer to a particular country or organization and its beliefs and values
• to swear allegiance to the flag
• He was working under the flag of the United Nations.
3. a piece of cloth that is attached to a pole and used as a signal or marker in various sports
4. a flower that is a type of iris and that grows near water
• yellow flags
• = flagstone
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/flagstone
5. to show your support for your country, an organization or an idea to encourage or persuade others to do the same
6. to represent your country or organization
• Our exporters keep the flag flying at international trade exhibitions.
7. something that is likely to make somebody very angry

Extra Examples

• A tattered flag hung from the roof of the burnt-out building.
• Hamilton took the chequered/checkered flag to win his fourth Grand Prix of the season.
• The crowd all waved flags as the president came past.
• The fact that it was so cheap should have been a warning flag for me.
• a flag fluttering in the breeze
• a flag of truce
• a ship flying a Russian flag
• a ship sailing under a British flag

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 3 mid 16th cent.: perhaps from obsolete flag ‘drooping’, of unknown ultimate origin. noun sense 5 late Middle English (also in the sense ‘turf, sod’): probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flag ‘spot from which a sod has been cut’ and Old Norse flaga ‘slab of stone’. noun sense 4 late Middle English: related to Middle Dutch flag and Danish flæg; of unknown ultimate origin.