Definitions for bag
bægbag

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bagnoun

   a flexible container with a single opening

   "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"

2. bagnoun

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

   "his bag included two deer"

3. base, bagnoun

   a place that the runner must touch before scoring

   "he scrambled to get back to the bag"

4. bag, handbag, pocketbook, pursenoun

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

   "she reached into her bag and found a comb"

5. bag, bagfulnoun

   the quantity that a bag will hold

   "he ate a large bag of popcorn"

6. bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcasenoun

   a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

   "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"

7. bag, old bagnoun

   an ugly or ill-tempered woman

   "he was romancing the old bag for her money"

8. udder, bagnoun

   mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

9. cup of tea, bag, dishverb

   an activity that you like or at which you are superior

   "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"

10. bagverb

    capture or kill, as in hunting

    "bag a few pheasants"

11. bagverb

    hang loosely, like an empty bag

12. bulge, bagverb

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

13. pocket, bagverb

    take unlawfully

14. bagverb

    put into a bag

    "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bagnoun

   A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.

2. bagnoun

   A handbag

3. bagnoun

   A suitcase.

4. bagnoun

   A schoolbag, especially a backpack.

5. bagnoun

   One's preference.

   Acid House is not my bag, I prefer the more traditional styles of music.

6. bagnoun

   An ugly woman.

7. bagnoun

   The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.

   The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder's head.

8. bagnoun

   First, second, or third base.

   He headed back to the bag.

9. bagnoun

   A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.

10. bagverb

    To put into a bag.

11. bagverb

    To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.

    We bagged three deer yesterday.

12. bagverb

    To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.

13. bagverb

    To be caught by the police.

14. bagverb

    To bring a woman one met on the street with one.

15. bagverb

    To laugh uncontrollably.

16. bagverb

    To criticise sarcastically.

17. bagverb

    To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

18. bagnoun

    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}.

19. Etymology: From bagge, from baggi, from bʰak- (compare Welsh baich, βάσταγμα.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bagnoun

   Etymology: belge, Sax. from whence perhaps by dropping, as is usual, the harsh consonant, came bege, bage, bag.

   1. A sack, or pouch, to put any thing in, as money, corn.

   Cousin, away for England; haste before,
   And, ere our coming, see thou shake the bags
   Of hoarding abbots; their imprison’d angels
   Set thou at liberty. William Shakespeare, King John.

   What is it that opens thy mouth in praises? Is it that thy bags and thy barns are full? South.

   Those waters were inclosed within the earth as in a bag. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   Once, we confess, beneath the patriot’s cloak,
   From the crack’d bag the dropping guinea spoke. Alexander Pope.

   2. That part of animals in which some particular juices are contained, as the poison of vipers.

   The swelling poison of the several sects,
   Which, wanting vent, the nation’s health infects,
   Shall burst its bag. Dryden.

   Sing on, sing on, for I can ne’er be cloy’d;
   So may thy cows their burden’d bags distend. Dryden.

   3. An ornamental purse of silk tied to men’s hair.

   We saw a young fellow riding towards us full gallop, with a bob wig and black silken bag tied to it. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   4. A term used to signify different quantities of certain commodities; as a bag of pepper; a bag of hops.

2. To Bagverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To put into a bag.

   Accordingly he drain’d those marshy grounds,
   And bagg’d them in a blue cloud. John Dryden, King Arthur.

   Hops ought not to be bagged up hot. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

   2. To load with a bag.

   Like a bee bagg’d with his honey’d venom,
   He brings it to your hive. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.

3. To Bagverb

   To swell like a full bag.

   The skin seemed much contracted, yet it bagged, and had a porringer full of matter in it. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   Two kids that in the valley stray’d,
   I found by chance, and to my fold convey’d:
   They drain two bagging udders every day. John Dryden, Virgil.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bag

   A bag (also known regionally as a sack) is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being lengths of animal skin, cotton, or woven plant fibers, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material.Despite their simplicity, bags have been fundamental for the development of human civilization, as they allow people to easily collect loose materials such as berries or food grains, and to transport more items than could readily be carried in the hands. The word probably has its origins in the Norse word baggi, from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European bʰak, but is also comparable to the Welsh baich (load, bundle), and the Greek Τσιαντουλίτσα (Chandulícha, load). Cheap disposable paper bags and plastic shopping bags are very common varying in size and strength in the retail trade as a convenience for shoppers, and are often supplied by the shop for free or for a small fee. Customers may also take their own shopping bags to use in shops, these are more commonly known as tote bags or shoppers tote. Although, paper had been used for purposes of wrapping and padding in ancient China since the 2nd century BC, the first use of paper bags (for preserving the flavor of tea) in China came during the later Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD).

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bag

   A bag is a flexible container typically made of cloth, leather, plastic, paper, or other materials, designed to carry or store items. It may have one or two handles, and can vary in size, shape, and style, serving different purposes ranging from fashion accessory to practical tool. Bags can be used for various activities such as shopping, traveling, schooling, and more.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bagnoun

   a sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money

2. Bagnoun

   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. Bagnoun

   a sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament

4. Bagnoun

   the quantity of game bagged

5. Bagnoun

   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

6. Bagverb

   to put into a bag; as, to bag hops

7. Bagverb

   to seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game

8. Bagverb

   to furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag

9. Bagverb

   to swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter

10. Bagverb

    to swell with arrogance

11. Bagverb

    to become pregnant

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bag

   bag, n. a sack, pouch: specially the silken pouch to contain the back-hair of the wig: a measure of quantity for produce: a game-bag, i.e. the quantity of fish or game secured: an udder: (vulg. in pl.) trousers.—v.i. to bulge, swell out: (naut.) to drop away from the right course.—v.t. to cram full: to put into a bag, specially of game, hence to kill game, to seize, steal:—pr.p. bag′ging; pa.p. bagged.—ns. Bag′ging, cloth or material for bags; Bag′git, a salmon that has just spawned.—adj. Bag′gy, loose like a bag: inflated, verbose.—ns. Bag′man, a familiar name for a commercial traveller; Bag′-wig, an 18th-cent. wig, the back-hair of which was enclosed in an ornamental bag.—Bag and baggage, originally a military expression, hence the phrase, 'to march out with bag and baggage,' i.e. with all belongings saved: to make an honourable retreat: now used in the sense of 'to clear out completely.'—Bag of bones, an emaciated living being.—In the bottom of the bag, remaining as a last resource; The whole bag of tricks, every expedient; To give one the bag to hold, to engage any one and meanwhile disappear; To let the cat out of the bag, to disclose the secret. [M. E. bagge, perh. Scand.; not Celtic, as Diez suggests.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bag

   A commercial term of quantity; as, a bread or biscuit bag, a sand-bag, &c. An empty purse.--To bag on a bowline, to be leewardly, to drop from a course.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bag

   A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.

   There are such a variety of bags created, manufactured, used and sold across the world every day, each for a different purpose.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 6, 2016  

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1. BAG

   What does BAG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BAG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

2. Bag

   Bag vs. Baggage -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Bag and Baggage.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BAG

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Bag is ranked #118853 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Bag surname appeared 146 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Bag.
   
   62.3% or 91 total occurrences were Asian.
   30.8% or 45 total occurrences were White.

Matched Categories

1. • Baseball Equipment
   • Capture
   • Container
   • Containerful
   • Hunting
   • Indefinite Quantity
   • Luggage
   • Mamma
   • Pack
   • Project
   • Sag
   • Steal
   • Unpleasant Woman

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bag' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2290

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bag' in Written Corpus Frequency: #836

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'bag' in Nouns Frequency: #626

Anagrams for bag »

1. AGB

2. BGA

3. gab

4. GBA

How to pronounce bag?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bag in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bag in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bag in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bag in a Sentence

1. Kay Cola:

   The Birkin bag sparked my interest because of how much the prices go up year over year.

2. Mary Poppins-style:

   This will be good for you. This is all about hydration, this is a bag of electrolytes and water, and I’m adding an antioxidant, and vitamins C and B12.

3. Tetsuto Miyashita:

   Basically, its like a swimming sausage, its a bag of skin with a lot of muscles in it. They dont have any bones or hard teeth inside them, so its really difficult for them to get preserved into the fossil record.

4. Alexandra Klingelhofer:

   The artifacts were found in a small travel bag, which is a very fragile and in permanent residence at the Titanic Conservation Laboratory.

5. Amanda Bynes:

   It was kind of scary in the beginning for me because they had to tie me up and put a bag over my face, now mind you, I don't know none of these men, I didn't know the director, I didn't know that cast ... so that was like, really scary for me.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bag
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bag
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=bag
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bag
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bag
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=bag
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=bag
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html