bag Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a flexible container with a single opening
- he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
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noun the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
- his bag included two deer
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noun a place that the runner must touch before scoring
base.
- he scrambled to get back to the bag
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noun a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
handbag; purse; pocketbook.
- she reached into her bag and found a comb
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noun the quantity that a bag will hold
bagful.
- he ate a large bag of popcorn
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noun a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
grip; traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase.
- he carried his small bag onto the plane with him
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noun an ugly or ill-tempered woman
old bag.
- he was romancing the old bag for her money
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noun mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
udder.
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noun an activity that you like or at which you are superior
dish; cup of tea.
- chemistry is not my cup of tea
- his bag now is learning to play golf
- marriage was scarcely his dish
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verb capture or kill, as in hunting
- bag a few pheasants
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verb hang loosely, like an empty bag
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verb bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
bulge.
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verb take unlawfully
pocket.
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verb put into a bag
- The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries
WordNet
Bag noun
Etymology
OE.Definitions
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A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a .bag of meal or of money -
A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; thebag of a cow. -
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. Obs. -
The quantity of game bagged. -
(Com.) A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; Bunyan.as, a bag of pepper or hops; abag of coffee.
Bag transitive verb
Wordforms
Definitions
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To put into a bag; as, to .bag hops -
To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; tobag game. -
To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag. A bee bagged with his honeyed venom. Dryden.
Bag intransitive verb
Definitions
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To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin .bags from containing morbid matter -
To swell with arrogance. Obs. Chaucer. -
To become pregnant. Obs. Warner. (Alb. Eng. ).