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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. flagstones collectively;
- Example: "there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place"

2. a walk of flagstones;
- Example: "the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. weak from exhaustion;
[syn: drooping, flagging]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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

Flagging \Flag"ging\, a.
   Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying. --
   Flag"ging*ly, adv.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flagging
    adj 1: weak from exhaustion [syn: drooping, flagging]
    n 1: flagstones collectively; "there was a pile of flagging
         waiting to be laid in place"
    2: a walk of flagstones; "the flagging in the garden was quite
       imaginative"