资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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[=a]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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
fag
v 1: act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
2: work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework";
"Lexicographers drudge all day long" [syn: {labor}, {labour},
{toil}, {travail}, {grind}, {drudge}, {dig}, {moil}]
3: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
"We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {tire}, {wear
upon}, {tire out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear},
{wear down}, {fag out}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}]
[also: {fagging}, {fagged}]
fag
n 1: offensive terms for an openly homosexual man [syn: {fagot},
{faggot}, {fairy}, {nance}, {pansy}, {queen}, {queer}, {poof},
{poove}, {pouf}]
2: finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking [syn: {cigarette},
{cigaret}, {coffin nail}, {butt}]
[also: {fagging}, {fagged}]
fagged
adj : drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired;
completely exhausted; "the day's shopping left her
exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and
sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt
completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and
cattle"; "you look worn out" [syn: {exhausted}, {dog-tired},
{fatigued}, {played out}, {spent}, {washed-out}, {worn-out(a)},
{worn out(p)}]
fagged
See {fag}