Definition of Bag

1. Noun. A flexible container with a single opening. "He stuffed his laundry into a large bag"


2. Verb. Capture or kill, as in hunting. "Bag a few pheasants"
Category relationships: Hunt, Hunting
Generic synonyms: Capture, Catch

3. Noun. The quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person). "His bag included two deer"
Generic synonyms: Indefinite Quantity

4. Verb. Hang loosely, like an empty bag.
Generic synonyms: Droop, Flag, Sag, Swag
Derivative terms: Bagging

5. Noun. A place that the runner must touch before scoring. "He scrambled to get back to the bag"
Exact synonyms: Base
Group relationships: Baseball Diamond, Diamond, Infield
Generic synonyms: Baseball Equipment
Specialized synonyms: First Base, Home, Home Base, Home Plate, Plate, Second Base, Third, Third Base

6. Verb. Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge. "The streets bag with crowds"
Exact synonyms: Bulge
Generic synonyms: Jut, Jut Out, Project, Protrude, Stick Out
Specialized synonyms: Protuberate
Derivative terms: Bulge

7. Noun. A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women). ; "She reached into her bag and found a comb"
Exact synonyms: Handbag, Pocketbook, Purse
Terms within: Clasp
Specialized synonyms: Clutch, Clutch Bag, Etui, Evening Bag, Reticule, Shoulder Bag
Generic synonyms: Container

8. Verb. Take unlawfully. "They bag the money "
Exact synonyms: Pocket
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Pocket

9. Noun. The quantity that a bag will hold. ; "He ate a large bag of popcorn"
Exact synonyms: Bagful
Generic synonyms: Containerful

10. Verb. Put into a bag. "They bag the goods"; "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"
Generic synonyms: Pack
Specialized synonyms: Pouch
Derivative terms: Bagger, Bagger, Bagging

11. Noun. A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes. "He carried his small bag onto the plane with him"

12. Noun. An ugly or ill-tempered woman. "He was romancing the old bag for her money"
Exact synonyms: Old Bag
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Woman, Unpleasant Woman

13. Noun. Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats).
Exact synonyms: Udder
Group relationships: Cow, Moo-cow, Ewe, Nanny, Nanny-goat, She-goat
Generic synonyms: Mamma, Mammary Gland

14. Noun. An activity that you like or at which you are superior. "Marriage was scarcely his dish"
Exact synonyms: Cup Of Tea, Dish
Generic synonyms: Activity

Definition of Bag

1. n. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

2. v. t. To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.

3. v. i. To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

Definition of Bag

1. to put into a bag (a flexible container) [v BAGGED, BAGGING, BAGS]

Medical Definition of Bag

1. 1. To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter. 2. To swell with arrogance. 3. To become pregnant. 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. 4. The quantity of game bagged. 5. 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. Origin: OE. Bagge; cf. Icel. Baggi, and also OF. Bague, bundle, LL. Baga. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bag

bafflement
bafflements
baffler
bafflers
baffles
baffle board
baffle chamber
baffling
bafflingly
baffs
baffy
bafilomycin
baft
bafts
bag (current term)
bag (current term)
bag-gel implant
bagarre
bagarres
bagascosis
bagass
bagasse
bagasses
bagassosis
bagassosis
bagatelle
bagatelles
Bagdad
bagel
bagels

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