Antonyms for flags

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : flag

Phonetic Transcription : flæg

Definition of flags

Origin : "flat, split stone," c.1600, earlier "piece cut from turf or sod" (mid-15c.), from Old Norse flaga "stone slab," perhaps related to Old Norse flak (see flake (n.)).

noun pennant, symbol
verb decline, fall off
verb signal

Example sentences :

At Gawler we were received by a crowd of people, and flags were flying to do us honour.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

The route she was to follow was marked by a line of buoys and flags.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

Flags were flying from the little church and the telegraph station on shore.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

We raised our flags and exchanged our farewells and Godspeeds with him.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

Every house was hung with red and bedecked with flags and mottoes.
Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope

There is an inscription on one of the flags—I can read it quite plainly.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 » by Various

The bunting dipped and the banners fluttered and the flags whipped.
Extract from : « Celebrity » by James McKimmey

They numbered about 400, and displayed English and French flags.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

All he'd read out of that set of flags would be, 'More dollars.
Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

At first it had been a thing to read about in the papers, to cheer for, to keep the flags flying.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for flags

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