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bag
(b/&/g )

noun (n)

  • a flexible container with a single opening(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He stuffed his laundry into a large bag.
    source: wordnet30
  • the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)(noun.quantity)
    Example:
    His bag included two deer.
    source: wordnet30
  • a place that the runner must touch before scoring(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He scrambled to get back to the bag.
    Synonym:
    base
    source: wordnet30
  • a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    She reached into her bag and found a comb.
    Synonym:
    handbag, pocketbook, purse
    source: wordnet30
  • the quantity that a bag will hold(noun.quantity)
    Example:
    He ate a large bag of popcorn.
    Synonym:
    bagful
    source: wordnet30
  • a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    He carried his small bag onto the plane with him.
    Synonym:
    grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag
    source: wordnet30
  • an ugly or ill-tempered woman(noun.person)
    Example:
    He was romancing the old bag for her money.
    Synonym:
    old bag
    source: wordnet30
  • mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)(noun.animal)
    Synonym:
    udder
    source: wordnet30
  • an activity that you like or at which you are superior(noun.act)
    Example:
    His bag now is learning to play golf.
    Synonym:
    cup of tea, dish
    source: wordnet30
  • A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • capture or kill, as in hunting(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Bag a few pheasants.
    source: wordnet30
  • hang loosely, like an empty bag(verb.stative)
    source: wordnet30
  • bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    bulge
    source: wordnet30
  • take unlawfully(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    pocket
    source: wordnet30
  • put into a bag(verb.contact)
    Example:
    The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries.
    source: wordnet30
  • To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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