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Bag

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Noun

1. bag

a flexible container with a single opening

Example Sentences:
'he stuffed his laundry into a large bag'

2. bag

the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)

Example Sentences:
'his bag included two deer'

3. bag, base

a place that the runner must touch before scoring

Example Sentences:
'he scrambled to get back to the bag'

4. bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse

a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

Example Sentences:
'she reached into her bag and found a comb'

5. bag, bagful

the quantity that a bag will hold

Example Sentences:
'he ate a large bag of popcorn'

6. bag, grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag

a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

Example Sentences:
'he carried his small bag onto the plane with him'

7. bag, old bag

an ugly or ill-tempered woman

Example Sentences:
'he was romancing the old bag for her money'

8. bag, udder

mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

9. bag, cup of tea, dish

an activity that you like or at which you are superior

Example Sentences:
'chemistry is not my cup of tea'
'his bag now is learning to play golf'
'marriage was scarcely his dish'

Verb

10. bag

capture or kill, as in hunting

Example Sentences:
'bag a few pheasants'

11. bag

hang loosely, like an empty bag

12. bag, bulge

bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

13. bag, pocket

take unlawfully

14. bag

put into a bag

Example Sentences:
'The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bag

see synonyms of bag
noun
1. 
a flexible container with an opening at one end
2. Also called: bagful
the contents of or amount contained in such a container
3. 
any of various measures of quantity, such as a bag containing 1 hundredweight of coal
4. 
a piece of portable luggage
5.  short for handbag
6. 
anything that hangs loosely, sags, or is shaped like a bag, such as a loose fold of skin under the eyes or the bulging part of a sail
7. 
any pouch or sac forming part of the body of an animal, esp the udder of a cow
8. hunting
the quantity of quarry taken in a single hunting trip or by a single hunter
9. derogatory, slang
an ugly or bad-tempered woman (often in the phrase old bag)
10. slang
a measure of marijuana, heroin, etc, in folded paper
11. slang
a person's particular taste, field of skill, interest, activity, etc
blues is his bag
12.  bag and baggage
13.  a bag of bones
14.  the bag of tricks
15.  in the bag
verbWord forms: bags, bagging or bagged
16. (transitive)
to put into a bag
17. 
to bulge or cause to bulge; swell
18. (transitive)
to capture or kill, as in hunting
19. (transitive)
to catch, seize, or steal
20. (intransitive)
to hang loosely; sag
21. (transitive)
to achieve or accomplish
she bagged seven birdies
22. (transitive) British informal
to reserve or secure the right to do or to have something
he bagged the best chair
23. (transitive) Australian slang
to criticize; disparage

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bag

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noun
1. 
a nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, leather, etc., with an opening at the top that can be closed; sack or pouch
2. 
a piece of hand luggage; suitcase
3. 
a woman's handbag or purse
4. 
a. 
a container for game
b. 
the amount of game caught or killed
5. 
a bagful
6. 
anything shaped like a bag
7. 
any thing or part shaped or bulging like a bag
bags under the eyes, bags at trouser knees
8. 
an udder or similar pouchlike membrane or sac
9.  [pl.]; British, Informal
trousers
10.  US, Slang
one's special sphere of interest, milieu, talent, obsession, etc.
11.  US, Slang
an unattractive woman
12.  Baseball
a base
verb transitiveWord forms: bagged or ˈbagging
13. 
to make bulge
14. 
to enclose within a bag
15. 
to seize; capture
16. 
to kill in or as in hunting
17.  Slang
to obtain or collect
18.  Slang
to quit, forgo, or give up on
I bagged retail for a sales job
: also in the phrase bag it!
verb intransitive
19. 
to swell like a full bag
20. 
to hang loosely

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bag

see synonyms of bag
n.
1.
a. A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.
b. A handbag; a purse.
c. A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel.
d. A pouchlike or sagging organ or part of the body, such as a cow's udder.
2. An object that resembles a pouch.
3. Nautical The sagging or bulging part of a sail.
4. The amount that a bag can hold.
5. An amount of game taken or legally permitted to be taken.
6. Baseball A base.
7. Slang An area of interest or skill: Cooking is not my bag.
8. Slang A woman considered ugly or unkempt.
v. bagged, bag·ging, bags
v.tr.
1. To put into a bag: bag groceries.
2. To cause to bulge like a pouch.
3. To capture or kill as game: bagged six grouse.
4. Informal
a. To gain; acquire: He bagged a profit from the sale.
b. To capture or arrest: was bagged for trespassing.
c. To accomplish or achieve: bagged a birdie with a long putt.
5. Slang
a. To fail to attend purposely; skip: bagged classes for the day and went to the beach.
b. To stop doing or considering; abandon: bagged the idea and started from scratch.
c. To terminate the employment of.
v.intr.
1. To pack items in a bag.
2. To hang loosely: The pants bag at the knees.
3. To swell out; bulge.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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