fag : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fag	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for fag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fag n offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot, faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer, poof, poove, pouf] finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking Synonym(s): cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag v act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" Synonym(s): labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" Synonym(s): tire, wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue Antonym(s): freshen, refresh, refreshen
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fag \Fag\, v. t. 1. To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out. 2. Anything that fatigues. [R.] It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. --Miss Austen. {Brain fag}. (Med.) See {Cerebropathy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fag \Fag\n. A knot or coarse part in cloth. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fag \Fag\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fagging}.] [Cf. LG. fakk wearied, weary, vaak slumber, drowsiness, OFries. fai, equiv. to f[be]ch devoted to death, OS. f[?]gi, OHG. feigi, G. feig, feige, cowardly, Icel. feigr fated to die, AS. f[?]ge, Scot. faik, to fail, stop, lower the price; or perh. the same word as E. flag to droop.] 1. To become weary; to tire. Creighton withheld his force till the Italian began to fag. --G. Mackenzie. 2. To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge. Read, fag, and subdue this chapter. --Coleridge. 3. To act as a fag, or perform menial services or drudgery, for another, as in some English schools. {To fag out}, to become untwisted or frayed, as the end of a rope, or the edge of canvas.