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FLAGGING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A walk of flagstones
Example:
the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("flagging" is a kind of...):
paseo; walk; walkway (a path set aside for walking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flagstones collectively
Example:
there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("flagging" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weak from exhaustion
Synonyms:
drooping; flagging
Classified under:
Similar:
tired (depleted of strength or energy)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb flag
