flagging

/'flægiɳ/

Thân thiện

The gardener is laying the flagging in a neat pattern.

Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Weak from exhaustion: Describes a state of becoming tired, less energetic, or less vigorous.
   • Drooping or hanging down limply: Often used to describe something that is losing strength or vitality, similar to a flag that hangs loosely.

2. Noun:

   • Flagstones collectively: Refers to a group or quantity of flat stones used for paving.
   • A surface or walk made of flagstones: Refers to a paved area constructed from such stones.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • After the long hike, his enthusiasm was flagging. (His energetic interest was becoming weak.)
  • The flagging economy is a concern for everyone. (The economy is becoming weak or losing strength.)

• Noun:

  • The contractor ordered more flagging for the patio. (The contractor ordered more flagstones.)
  • The old flagging in the courtyard was cracked and uneven. (The paved surface made of flagstones was damaged.)

Advanced Usage

• "Flagging spirits": declining morale or enthusiasm.

  • The team's flagging spirits were lifted by the coach's speech. (The team's declining enthusiasm was improved.)

• "Flagging attention": waning or decreasing focus.

  • The speaker noticed the flagging attention of the audience. (The speaker noticed the audience's focus was weakening.)

Variants and Related Words

• Flag (verb): To become tired, weaker, or less enthusiastic; to signal or mark something.
  • Interest in the project began to flag after the first month.
• Flagstone (noun): A flat, typically rectangular stone used for paving.
  • They chose sandstone flagstones for the path.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Weakening, fading, waning, drooping, languishing.
• Noun: Paving, pavement, flagstones, slabs.

Related Phrases

• Show signs of flagging: To begin to show evidence of becoming tired or weak.
  • The marathon runner started to show signs of flagging at the 20-mile mark.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. weak from exhaustion

Noun

1. a walk of flagstones
   • the flagging in the garden was quite imaginative
2. flagstones collectively
   • there was a pile of flagging waiting to be laid in place

Từ đồng nghĩa

• drooping