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Definition of 'bag'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
  • (label) A handbag
  • A suitcase.
  • A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
  • One’s preference.
  • (label) An ugly woman.
  • (label) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
  • (label) First, second, or third base.
  • (label) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
  • (label) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
  • A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
  • A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
  • The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
  • A scrotum.
  • (label) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
  • Synonyms

    * (flexible container) poke (obsolete), sack, tote * (handbag) handbag, purse (US) * (preference) cup of tea, thing * (ugly woman) dog, hag * (in mathematics) multiset

    Hyponyms

    * (flexible container) bindle

    Verb

    (bagg)
  • To put into a bag.
  • To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
  • To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  • (label) To furnish or load with a bag.
  • * Dryden
  • To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  • To laugh uncontrollably.
  • To criticise sarcastically.
  • (label) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
  • To swell or hang down like a full bag.
  • To swell with arrogance.
  • (Chaucer)
  • To become pregnant.
  • Derived terms

    {{der3|airbag, air bag |bagboy |baggage |bagger |baggy |bag lady |bag lunch |bag of bones |bag of tricks |bag snatcher |beanbag |binbag |carrier bag |clutch bag |dilly bag |dime bag |doggy bag |double bagger |douche bag |dumb as a bag of hammers |face like a bag of spanners |handbag |gladstone bag |goody bag, goodie bag |grab bag |holdall, carryall, tote, tote bag |in the bag |kitbag |let the cat out of the bag |mixed bag |moneybag |overnight bag |paper bag |plastic bag |schoolbag |shopping bag |shoulder bag |sickbag |sleeping bag |teabag |toolbag |windbag}}

    Descendants

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    Anagrams

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    Similar to 'bag'

    big, beg, bog, bug, beag, bg, boog, biog, beeg, bigg, boyg