bag 
bag (bag)
noun
- a nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, leather, etc., with an opening at the top that can be closed; sack or pouch
- a piece of hand luggage; suitcase
- a woman's handbag or purse
- a container for game
- the amount of game caught or killed
- a bagful
- anything shaped like a bag
- any thing or part shaped or bulging like a bag bags under the eyes, bags at trouser knees
- an udder or similar pouchlike membrane or sac
- Brit., Informal trousers
- ☆ Slang one's special sphere of interest, milieu, talent, obsession, etc.
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Etymology: < baggage, sense
Slang an unattractive woman - Baseball a base
Etymology: ME bagge < ON baggi
transitive verb bagged, bag′·ging
- to make bulge
- to enclose within a bag
- to seize; capture
- to kill in or as in hunting
- Slang to obtain or collect
- Slang to quit, forgo, or give up on I bagged retail for a sales job
intransitive verb
- to swell like a full bag
- to hang loosely
bag and baggage
Informal- with all one's possessions
- completely; entirely
be left holding the bag
Informal to be left to suffer the bad consequences or the blame
in the bag
- ☆ Slang having its success assured; certain
- ☆ Slang drunk; intoxicated
bag
n.
A container
purse, sack, pouch, pocket, grip, handbag, shopping bag, tote bag, tote, ditty bag, kit bag, knapsack, haversack, rucksack, backpack, fanny pack, carpetbag, kit, satchel, saddlebag, gunny sack, grain sack, woolsack, sac, saccule, suitcase, briefcase, attaché case, sacculus (Latin), bursa, poche, pochette (both French), duffel bag, garment bag, mailbag, diplomatic pouch, pack, container, feedbag, quiver, portmanteau, packet, pocketbook, Gladstone, holster, vanity bag, valise, sabretache, case, wallet, reticule, poke*, holdall*, carryall*, bindle*, tuckerbag*; see also purse.*A specialty
preference, (favorite) activity, one's thing*; see specialty 1.
in the bag*
left holding the bag*
Object
- brace: Alexa Hunn and Carmaine Walker ( pictured ) both bagged braces as the Addicks comfortably progressed through to the quarter-finals.
Converse of object
- sleep: The resident slept in a sleeping bag on a metal frame bunk bed.
- tote: Not a flame but can guys really carry off tote bags?
- carry: Always carry a stout bag to be prepared for travel sickness.
- fill: Fill a bag with a particular item, for example beans, peas or rice.
Adjective modifier
- plastic: We return the plastic bags to the grocery store for them to recycle.
- mixed: The morning's cases are a mixed bag for the Seattle Grace interns.
- sealed: Here are some tips: Try to keep foods in sealed bags or containers.
- reusable: Always use a reusable shopping bag or reuse plastic bags.
- brown: There we were thinking you and many council planners and steering groups had their heads in brown paper bags.
- biodegradable: Can we use biodegradable bags in the green bin?
Modifies a noun
- liner: A pack between 40 and 50 liters is probably most suitable to carry some clothing, washing kit and sleeping bag liner.
Noun used with modifier
- sleeping: Consider bringing sleeping bags, or at least sheet sleeping bags.
- carrier: Please reuse your carrier bags or use bags for life.
- goody: Ocean Terminal October 12th come along and be a lucky guest with face painting and goody bags.
- goodie: There will also be a free barbecue for the juniors along with a goodie bag of prizes.
- polythene: It is advisable to place the leather in clean polythene bags rather than reusing the original packaging which may harbor fungal spores.
- plastic: In all cases with my sets, the badges stored in the brittle plastic bags have yellowed " .
Preposition: of
Iwill not permitthirtymentotravelfourhundredmilesto agitate a bag of wind.
First, sturdy March with brows full sternly bent, And arme' d strongly, rode upon a ram, The same which over Hellespontus swam: Yet in his hand a spade he also hent, And in a bag all sorts of seeds ysame, Which on the earth he strowe' d as he went, And filled her womb with fruitful hope of nourishment.
He that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Feed the Birds,Tuppence a Bag! Feed the Birds, Tuppence a Bag!
Beethoven always sounds to me like the upsetting of a bag of nails, with here and there an also dropped hammer.
He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men who say yes, lie; and all men who say no,öwhy, theyare in the happy condition of judicious, unencumbered travellers in Europe; they crossthe frontiers into Eternity with nothing but a carpet bag.
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