Synonyms of the word

pennon

• n. A thin triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.
• n. (nautical) A pennant; a long pointed streamer or flag on a vessel.
• n. A wing; a pinion.

flag

• n. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
• n. An exact representation of a flag (for example: a digital one used in websites).
• n. (nautical) A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or…
• n. (nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.
• n. (construction) Abbreviation of flagstone: a construction material used for paving, flooring, roofing or…
• n. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
• n. (computer science) A variable or memory location that stores a true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically…
• n. (computer science) In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise…
• n. (Britain) An abbreviation for capture the flag.
• n. (geometry) A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally,…
• n. (mathematics, linear algebra) A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space…
• v. To furnish or deck out with flags.
• v. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
• v. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
• v. To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
• v. (often with up) To note, mark or point out for attention.
• v. (computing) To signal (an event).
• v. (computing) To set a program variable to true.
• v. To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
• v. (intransitive) To weaken, become feeble.
• v. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
• v. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
• v. To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
• n. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.
• n. (obsolete except in dialects) A slice of turf; a sod.
• n. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for paving.
• n. (geology) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
• v. To lay down flagstones.
• n. A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
• n. A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
• n. The bushy tail of a dog such as a setter.
• n. (music) A hook attached to the stem of a written note that assigns its rhythmic value.

pennant

• n. A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.
• n. (sports) The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.
• n. A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

pinion

• n. A wing.
• n. (ornithology) The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
• n. (ornithology) Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
• n. A moth of the genus Lithophane.
• n. (obsolete) A fetter for the arm.
• v. (with the bird or the wing as the object) To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable…
• v. (with the person or the arms as the object) To bind the arms of any one, so as to deprive him of their…
• n. The smallest gear in a gear drive train.

streamer

• n. A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
• n. Strips of paper or other material used as confetti.
• n. A newspaper headline that runs across the entire page.
• n. (heading) Of computing.
• n. (fishing) In fly fishing, a variety of wet fly designed to mimic a minnow.
• n. (mining) One who searches for stream tin.
• n. A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora…

waft

• v. (ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
• v. (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
• v. To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.
• n. A light breeze.
• n. Something (such as an odor or scent like a perfume) that is carried through the air.
• n. (nautical) A flag used to indicate wind direction or, with a knot tied in the center, as a signal; a waif,…

wing

• n. An appendage of an animal's (bird, bat, insect) body that enables it to fly; a similar fin at the side…
• n. (slang) Human arm.
• n. Part of an airplane that produces the lift for rising into the air.
• n. One of the large pectoral fins of a flying fish.
• n. One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
• n. (botany) Any membranaceous expansion, such as that along the sides of certain stems, or of a fruit of…
• n. (botany) Either of the two side petals of a papilionaceous flower.
• n. A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
• n. Passage by flying; flight.
• n. Motive or instrument of flight; means of flight or of rapid motion.
• n. A part of something that is lesser in size than the main body, such as an extension from the main building.
• n. Anything that agitates the air as a wing does, or is put in winglike motion by the action of the air,…
• n. An ornament worn on the shoulder; a small epaulet or shoulder knot.
• n. A fraction of a political movement. Usually implies a position apart from the mainstream center position.
• n. An organizational grouping in a military aviation service.
• n. (Britain) A panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
• n. (nautical) A platform on either side of the bridge of a vessel, normally found in pairs.
• n. (nautical) That part of the hold or orlop of a vessel which is nearest the sides. In a fleet, one of the…
• n. (sports) A position in several field games on either side of the field.
• n. (sports) A player occupying such a position, also called a winger.
• n. (botany) A flattened extension of a tridimensional plant organ.
• n. (typography, informal, rare) A háček.
• n. (theater) One of the unseen areas on the side of the stage in a theatre.
• n. (in the plural) The insignia of a qualified pilot or aircrew member.
• v. (transitive) To injure slightly (as with a gunshot), especially in the arm.
• v. (intransitive) To fly.
• v. (transitive, of a building) To add a wing (extra part) to.
• v. (transitive) To act or speak extemporaneously; to improvise; to wing it.
• v. (transitive) To throw.