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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. offensive term for an openly homosexual man;
[syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf]

2. finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking;
[syn: cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag]


VERB (3)

1. act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools;

2. work hard;
- Example: "She was digging away at her math homework"
- Example: "Lexicographers drudge all day long"
[syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil]

3. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress;
- Example: "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
[syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fag \Fag\ (f[a^]g) n. 1. A knot or coarse part in cloth; a flaw. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A cigarette. [slang] [PJC] 3. A fag end in a cloth. [PJC] 4. A drudge. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

fag \fag\ (f[a^]g), n. A male homosexual; -- always used disparagingly and considered offensive. Shortened form of faggot. [Slang, disparaging.] Syn: faggot. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (f[a^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fagging (f[a^]g"g[i^]ng).] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[=a]ch devoted to death, OS. f[=e]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[=ae]ge, Scot. faik, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. flag to droop.] 1. To become weary; to tire. [1913 Webster] Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. --G. Mackenzie. [1913 Webster] 2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. [1913 Webster] Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. [1913 Webster] To fag out, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fag \Fag\, v. t. 1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that fatigues. [R.] [1913 Webster] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss Austen. [1913 Webster] Brain fag. (Med.) See Cerebropathy. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fag n 1: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf] 2: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag] v 1: act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools 2: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil] 3: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen]