Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
These cars without doubt were the salvation of the C.I.E. network, as they provided fast, economical services with a degree of comfort which did much to retrieve a flagging passenger traffic.1960 August, L. Hyland, “The Irish Scene”, in Trains Illustrated, page 467:
That secret intoxication of pleasure, with all those transient flushings of guilt and joy, which the poet represents in our first parents upon their eating the forbidden fruit, to those flaggings of spirit, damps of sorrow, and mutual accusations which succeed it […]1712 April 22 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, April 12, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 351; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume IV, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
Because older TVs are not able to respond quickly enough to the horizontal time-base errors introduced from the VCR, a VCR connected to an older TV may cause severe bending or flagging at the top of the picture yet appear to operate normally on a newer TV set.1998, Robert Brenner, Gregory Capelo, VCR Troubleshooting and Repair, page 158:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| flaggings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
foot-flagging · false flagging
fi laatoitus (pavement or sidewalk of flagstones) · bg плочник (pavement or sidewalk of flagstones) · gl lastrado (pavement or sidewalk of flagstones) · gl lousado (pavement or sidewalk of flagstones) · fi väsyminen (tiring or exhausting, such as after exercise)