Bag - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bæɡ|  American pronunciation of the word bag
Brit.  |bæɡ|  British pronunciation of the word bag

noun

- a flexible container with a single opening
he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
- the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
his bag included two deer
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring (syn: base)
he scrambled to get back to the bag
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) (syn: handbag, pocketbook, purse)
she reached into her bag and found a comb
- the quantity that a bag will hold (syn: bagful)
he ate a large bag of popcorn
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes (syn: grip, suitcase)
he carried his small bag onto the plane with him
- an ugly or ill-tempered woman
he was romancing the old bag for her money
- mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) (syn: udder)
- an activity that you like or at which you are superior (syn: dish)
his bag now is learning to play golf

verb

- capture or kill, as in hunting
bag a few pheasants
- hang loosely, like an empty bag
- bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge (syn: bulge)
- take unlawfully (syn: pocket)
- put into a bag
The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries

Extra examples

She packed her lunch in a paper bag.

She put the pencil in her bag.

He got a job bagging groceries.

The hunters bagged five deer altogether.

We bagged 10 fish today.

She's expected to bag the award for the team's most valuable player.

I bagged the last seat so everyone else had to stand.

She's got bags of money.

Sorry, computers aren't really my bag.

Activity holidays aren't my bag.

Coat, which bagged loosely about him.

The chest was bagged up with money.

Good husbandry bags up gold.

I undressed, bagged up my things in decent order, and prepared for rest.

I'm going to bag the best chair.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: bag
he/she/it: bags
present participle: bagging
past tense: bagged
past participle: bagged
noun
singular: bag
plural: bags
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