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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flag \Flag\ (fl[a^]g), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flagged} (fl[a^]gd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Flagging} (fl[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. Icel.
     flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. {Flacker}, {Flag} an
     ensign.]
     1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible
        bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.


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              As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. --T.
                                                    Moore.
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     2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish;
        as, the spirits flag; the strength flags.
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              The pleasures of the town begin to flag. --Swift.
  
     Syn: To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flagging \Flag"ging\, n.
     A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones,
     collectively.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flagging \Flag"ging\, a.
     Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. --
     {Flag"ging*ly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flag
       n 1: emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of
            distinctive design
       2: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing
          bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three
          drooping sepals [syn: {iris}, {fleur-de-lis}, {sword lily}]
       3: a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device
          [syn: {signal flag}]
       4: a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine
          (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the
          publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.
          [syn: {masthead}]
       5: flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf
          green [syn: {pin}]
       6: stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving
          stones [syn: {flagstone}]
       7: a conspicuously marked or shaped tail
       v 1: communicate or signal with a flag
       2: provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize
          it immediately"
       3: droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss
          of tautness [syn: {sag}, {droop}, {swag}]
       4: decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the
          holiday"
       5: become less intense [syn: {ease up}, {ease off}, {slacken
          off}]
       [also: {flagging}, {flagged}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flagging
       adj : weak from exhaustion [syn: {drooping}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flagging
       See {flag}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  132 Moby Thesaurus words for "flagging":
     ambling, cautious, circumspect, claudicant, coming apart, cracking,
     crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, crumbling, debilitated,
     decadent, declining, degenerate, deliberate, deteriorating,
     disintegrating, draining, drooping, droopy, dwindling, easy,
     ebbing, effete, enervated, enfeebled, fading, fagged, failing,
     faint, fainting, falling, faltering, fatigued, feeling faint,
     foot-dragging, footsore, fragmenting, frazzled, gentle,
     going to pieces, good and tired, gradual, halting, hobbled,
     hobbling, idle, indolent, jaded, languid, languishing, languorous,
     lazy, leisurely, limping, lumbering, marcescent, moderate, pining,
     poking, poky, ready to drop, regressive, relaxed, reluctant,
     retrograde, retrogressive, run ragged, run-down, sagging,
     sauntering, seedy, shriveling, shuffling, sinking, slack, sliding,
     slipping, slothful, slow, slow as death, slow as molasses,
     slow as slow, slow-crawling, slow-foot, slow-going, slow-legged,
     slow-moving, slow-paced, slow-poky, slow-running, slow-sailing,
     slow-stepped, sluggish, slumping, snail-paced, snaillike,
     staggering, strolling, subsiding, tabetic, tentative, tired,
     tired-winged, toddling, toilworn, tortoiselike, tottering,
     trudging, turtlelike, unhurried, unrefreshed, unrestored, waddling,
     waning, wasting, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weakened, wearied,
     weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden, weary-winged,
     weary-worn, wilting, withering, worn, worn-down, worsening
  
  

















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