…a piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public festivities…
…a day on which money is collected for a charity in the street and donors are given small paper badges to show they have contributed…
…a red flag as the symbol of socialist revolution or a warning of danger…
…a pirate’s ensign, typically thought to feature a white skull and crossbones on a black background…
…the vigorous demonstration of support for one’s country, political party, or organization, especially when one is abroad…
…(especially in Tibetan Buddhism) a flag on which prayers are inscribed…
…an Old World waterside plant of the arum family, with leaves that resemble those of the iris. It is used medicinally and as a flavouring…
…a white flag or cloth used as a symbol of surrender, truce, or a desire to parley…
…a yellow flag flown by a ship to indicate the presence on board of disease…
…a modified form of football in which ballcarriers are downed by pulling off a marker, or flag, loosely attached to a belt, rather than by tackling…
…an admiral, vice admiral, or rear admiral, or the commodore of a yacht club…
…a station at which trains stop only if signaled to do so…
…a flag with a black-and-white chequered pattern, displayed to drivers at the end of a race…
…(of a ship) be registered in a particular country and sail under its flag…
…represent or demonstrate support for one’s country, political party, or organization, especially when one is abroad…
…represent or demonstrate support for one’s country, political party, or organization, especially when one is abroad…
…(of a naval vessel) make an official visit to a foreign port, especially as a show of strength…
…stake one’s claim to discovered territory by displaying a flag…
…a game in which two teams each hide a colored cloth, representing the team’s flag, and then try to find the other team’s flag and return with it to their home base…
…a flag of a country under which a ship is registered in order to avoid financial charges or restrictive regulations in the owner’s country…
…wave a flag at someone or something as a starting signal…
…make an excessive show of one’s patriotism, especially for political ends…
…signal to a vehicle or driver to stop, especially by waving one’s arm…
…(in the US) 14 June, the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes in 1777…
…a station at which trains stop only if signaled to do so…
…the anthem of Britain’s Labour Party, a socialist song with words written in 1889 by James Connell (1852–1929) and sung to the tune of the German song ‘O Tannenbaum’…
