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bag

Dictionary definition · bag

noun

  1. a flexible container with a single opening"he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
  2. the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)"his bag included two deer"
  3. a place that the runner must touch before scoring"he scrambled to get back to the bag"
  4. 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. the quantity that a bag will hold"he ate a large bag of popcorn"
  6. a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes"he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
  7. an ugly or ill-tempered woman"he was romancing the old bag for her money"

verb

  1. capture or kill, as in hunting"bag a few pheasants"
  2. hang loosely, like an empty bag
  3. bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
  4. take unlawfully
  5. put into a bag"The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"

Similar words

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).