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Bag

Bag

(băg)
,
Noun.
[OE.
bagge
; cf. Icel.
baggi
, and also OF.
bague
, bundle, LL.
baga
.]
1.
A sack or pouch, used for holding anything;
as, a
bag
of meal or of money
.
2.
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; the
bag
of a cow
.
3.
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men’s hair behind, by way of ornament.
[Obs.]
4.
The quantity of game bagged.
5.
(Com.)
A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack;
as, a
bag
of pepper or hops; a
bag
of coffee
.
Bag and baggage
,
all that belongs to one.
To give one the bag
,
to disappoint him.
[Obs.]
Bunyan.

Bag

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bagged
(băgd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bagging
]
1.
To put into a bag;
as, to
bag
hops
.
2.
To seize, capture, or entrap;
as, to
bag
an army; to
bag
game
.
3.
To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
A bee
bagged
with his honeyed venom.
Dryden.

Bag

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To swell or hang down like a full bag;
as, the skin
bags
from containing morbid matter
.
2.
To swell with arrogance.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
3.
To become pregnant.
[Obs.]
Warner. (Alb. Eng.).

Definition 2024


bag

bag

See also: bağ

English

Noun

bag (plural bags)

  1. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
  2. (informal) A handbag
  3. A suitcase.
  4. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
  5. One’s preference.
    Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
  6. (derogatory) An ugly woman.
  7. (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
    The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
  8. (baseball) First, second, or third base.
    He headed back to the bag.
  9. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
  10. (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
    If one has a bag of three apples and the letter 'a' is taken to denote 'apple', then such bag could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Note that in an ordinary context, when talking about a bag of apples, one does not care about identifying the individual apples, although one might be interested in distinguishing apples by species, for example, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a bag of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}.
  11. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
    the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents
    the bag of a cow
  12. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
  13. The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
  14. (slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
  15. (Britain) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • (flexible container): bindle

Translations

Verb

bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)

  1. To put into a bag.
  2. (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
    We bagged three deer yesterday.
  3. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  4. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
    • Dryden
      a bee bagged with his honeyed venom
  5. (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  6. (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
  7. (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
  8. (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
  9. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell or hang down like a full bag.
    The skin bags from containing morbid matter.
    The brisk wind bagged the sails.
  10. To hang like an empty bag.
    • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 3,
      [] he was dressed in a badly fitting white drill suit, with trousers bagging concertina-like over clumsy black boots.
    His trousers bag at the knees.
  11. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
  12. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Warner. (Alb. Eng.) to this entry?)

Translations

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Korean: (baek)

Anagrams


Breton

Noun

bag f

  1. boat

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bak (back).

Adverb

bag

  1. behind

Noun

bag c (singular definite bagen, plural indefinite bage)

  1. (anatomy) behind, bottom, butt, buttocks
  2. seat (part of clothing)
Inflection
Synonyms
  • (behind): bagdel, ende, røv (informal)
  • (seat): buksebag

Preposition

bag

  1. behind

Etymology 2

Verbal noun of bage (bake).

Noun

bag n

  1. pastry
Synonyms
  • bagværk

Verb

bag

  1. imperative of bage

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bague (ring).

Noun

bag

  1. ring

Lojban

Rafsi

bag

  1. rafsi of bargu.

Meriam

Noun

bag

  1. cheek

Norwegian

Alternative forms

  • bagg

Etymology

Borrowing from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæɡ/

Noun

bag

  1. A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.
  2. (on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.

Inflection


Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra).

Noun

bag

  1. tiger

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

Noun

bag c

  1. A kind of large bag; a duffel bag

Declension

Inflection of bag 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bag bagen bagar bagarna
Genitive bags bagens bagars bagarnas

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From Meriam bag.

Noun

bag

  1. (anatomy, eastern dialect) cheek

Synonyms

  • masa (western dialect)

Turkmen

Noun

bag (definite accusative bagy, plural baglar)

  1. garden