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flag¹ s.

(bot.) stânjenel, iris (Iris sp.); orice iridacee; frunza unei asemenea plante.

flag² I. substantiv (constr.)

1. lespede, dală, plită.

2. daja.

flag² II. verb tranzitiv

a pava cu dale.

flag³ I. substantiv

1. steag, drapel, stindard, pavilion; fanion;

flag of truce steag ridicat pentru parlamentari; (mar.) pavilion alb de parlamentar;

triangular flag flamură;

to dip the flag a coborî drapelul în sermn de salut;

(mar.) to lower / to strike one’s flag a se preda, a capitula;

to hoist / to set up the flag a ridica steagul, a înălţa pavilionul;

(mar.) yellow / sick flag steagul unui vas în carantină;

to hang out the white flag a ridica steagul alb, a se preda;

black flag a) (ist.) steag negru (al piraţilor); b) steag negru ridicat deasupra unei închisori după o execuţie;

(mar.) to get one’s flag a deveni amiral;

(fig.) to keep the flag flying a ţine steagul sus, a nu se preda;

(fig.) with flags flying cu steagul sus, triumfător, învingător;

(sport) to drop the flag a lăsa steagul în jos, a da semnalul (de începere sau incheiere a întrecerii).

2. (mar.) pavilion, navă comandant.

3. coadă (a unui setter sau câine de Terra Nova).

4. (poligr.) semn de omisiune (la corectură).

flag³ II. verb tranzitiv

1. a comunica, a semnaliza cu drapele.

2. a împodobi cu drapele; a marca cu steguleţe.

flag⁴ verb intranzitiv

1. a atârna; a se apleca.

2. a slăbi, a-şi pierde puterile.

3. a tânji, a lâncezi;

the conversation was flagging conversaţia lâncezea.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“Captain,” said the squire, “the house is quite invisible from the ship. It must be the flag they are aiming at. Would it not be wiser to take it in?”

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

After talking, however, of the weather, and Bath, and the concert, their conversation began to flag, and so little was said at last, that she was expecting him to go every moment, but he did not; he seemed in no hurry to leave her; and presently with renewed spirit, with a little smile, a little glow, he said—I have hardly seen you since our day at Lyme.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

But I affirm that you are: so much depressed that a few more words would bring tears to your eyes—indeed, they are there now, shining and swimming; and a bead has slipped from the lash and fallen on to the flag.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

This flag will be set to Y on the lab test that has the original units, and N on the lab test in which the units that are different than the lab test's original units.

(Performed Clinical Result As Collected Indicator, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

Out of fifteen symbols in the first message, four were the same, so it was reasonable to set this down as E. It is true that in some cases the figure was bearing a flag, and in some cases not, but it was probable, from the way in which the flags were distributed, that they were used to break the sentence up into words.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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