n.
1) to display, fly; hang out; hoist, raise, run up, unfurl; wave a ~
2) to dip, lower a ~; to strike the ~
3) a garrison; holiday; national ~
4) the white ~ ('symbol of surrender')
5) a ~ flies, flutters (the ~ was flying at half-mast)
6) under a ~ (the ship sailed under the Panamanian ~)
7) ( misc. ) to show/wave the ~ ('to demonstrate one's patriotism'); (under) a ~ of truce