Fag

n.	1.	A knot or coarse part in cloth.
	1.	a male homosexual; - always used disparagingly and considered offensive. Shortened form of faggot.
v. i.	1.	To become weary; to tire. [imp. & p. p. Fagged (făgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fagging (făg"gĭng).] 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.
v. t.	1.	To tire by labor; to exhaust; as, he was almost fagged out.
	2.	Anything that fatigues. It is such a fag, I came back tired to death. - Miss Austen. Brain fag (Med.) See Cerebropathy.

Noun	1.	fag - offensive terms for an openly homosexual man Synonyms: faggot, fagot, nance, poof, poove, pouf, queer, fairy, pansy, queen
	2.	fag - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking Synonyms: cigaret, cigarette, coffin nail, butt
Verb	1.	fag - act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools
	2.	fag - work hard; "She was digging away at her math homework"; "Lexicographers drudge all day long" Synonyms: drudge, labour, moil, toil, travail, labor, dig, grind
	3.	fag - exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" Synonyms: fag out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary, tire out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, wear

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