bag

/bæg/
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bag

A woman carries a leather bag over her shoulder.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A flexible container with a single opening: A bag is a container made of soft material like cloth, paper, or plastic, used to hold, carry, or store things.
    • A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes: A suitcase or similar item used for travel.
    • A container for money and personal items: A handbag, purse, or similar accessory, especially one carried by women.
    • The quantity a bag can hold: The amount of something contained in one bag.
    • An activity one likes or is good at: (Informal) A person's particular interest, hobby, or area of expertise.
    • An unattractive or unpleasant woman: (Slang, offensive) A derogatory term for a woman.
    • A mammary gland of a cow, sheep, or goat.
    • A base in baseball or softball: The base a runner must touch to be safe.
    • The quantity of game killed or caught: The total catch from hunting or fishing in a specific period.

  2. Verb:

    • To put into a bag: To place items inside a bag.
    • To capture or kill, as in hunting: To succeed in shooting or catching game.
    • To take unlawfully; to steal: (Informal) To take something for oneself, often without permission.
    • To bulge outward; to swell: To hang loosely or protrude in a shapeless way.
    • To hang loosely: To sag or droop, like an empty bag.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • She carried a reusable bag to the grocery store.
    • He packed his bag for the weekend trip.
    • She found her keys at the bottom of her bag.
    • He ate a whole bag of chips.
    • Photography is his bag; he's really talented.
    • The hunter showed off his bag of ducks.

  • Verb:

    • Please bag your own groceries at this counter.
    • He managed to bag a deer on the first day of the season.
    • Someone bagged my favorite seat in the library.
    • His pants bag at the knees.
    • The old curtains bagged in the middle.
Advanced Usage
  • "in the bag": Certain to be won or achieved.
    • With a ten-point lead, the victory is in the bag.
  • "bag and baggage": With all one's possessions.
    • They were evicted and had to leave, bag and baggage.
  • "let the cat out of the bag": To reveal a secret, usually accidentally.
    • He let the cat out of the bag about the surprise party.
Variants and Related Words
  • Baggy (adj): Loose and hanging in folds.
    • He wore baggy jeans.
  • Bagful (n): As much as a bag can hold.
    • He collected a bagful of shells.
  • Baggage (n): Luggage; also, past experiences or emotional issues that burden a person.
    • She checked her baggage at the airport. / He has a lot of emotional baggage.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Sack, pouch, purse, handbag, suitcase, interest, specialty.
  • Verb: Sack, pack, capture, kill, steal, sag, bulge.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Bag up: To put things into bags.
    • Please bag up the leaves for collection.
  • Bag out (Australian/NZ informal): To criticize severely.
    • The critics bagged out the new film.
Related Idioms
  • A bag of bones: A very thin person or animal.
    • After his illness, he was just a bag of bones.
  • A bag of nerves: A very nervous or anxious person.
    • Before the speech, she was a bag of nerves.
  • It's in the bag: Success is assured.
    • Don't worry about the interview; it's in the bag.
bag

A woman carries a leather bag over her shoulder.

Noun
  1. 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
  2. mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
  3. an ugly or ill-tempered woman
    • he was romancing the old bag for her money
  4. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
    • he carried his small bag onto the plane with him
  5. the quantity that a bag will hold
    • he ate a large bag of popcorn
  6. a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
    • she reached into her bag and found a comb
  7. a place that the runner must touch before scoring
    • he scrambled to get back to the bag
  8. the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
    • his bag included two deer
  9. a flexible container with a single opening
    • he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
Verb
  1. put into a bag
    • The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries
  2. take unlawfully
  3. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
  4. hang loosely, like an empty bag
  5. capture or kill, as in hunting
    • bag a few pheasants

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