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flag 1, noun (oh) and antiphrasis (iou)


flag 1, noun (oh)




[Sense: 1-4; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from flag, name of a kind of flower.]
[Sense: 5; Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old Norse; Origin: flaga]
a piece of cloth with a coloured pattern or picture on it that represents a country or organization
::Children waving flags greeted the Russian leader.
::the flag of Kenya
::the Spanish flag
a flag is flying
(=a flag is shown on a pole)
:: Flags were flying at half-mast because of the death of the Premier.
a coloured piece of cloth used in some Sports as a signal or as a sign showing the position of something
::The flag went down, and the race began.
::a free kick near the corner flag (=flag on a Football pitch)
the flag
an expression meaning a country or organization and its beliefs, values, and people
::loyalty to the flag
keep the flag flying
to achieve Success on behalf of your country in a competition
::Bristol kept the flag flying for English rugby with this win.
a flagstone
-see also fly the flag at fly 1 (13)

antiphrasis (iou)



antiphrasis noun. . M18.
[Late Latin from Greek, from antiphrazein express by the opposite, formed as ANTI- + phrazein indicate, declare, tell.]
Rhetoric. Use of words in a sense opposite to their customary meaning.