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bag

/bæɡ/noun, verb1 syllable

Bag means: a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes.

Synonyms for bag16

noun, as in a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes

traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase

noun, as in a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

handbag, pocketbook, purse

noun, as in an activity that you like or at which you are superior

cup of tea, dish

noun, as in a place that the runner must touch before scoring

noun, as in the quantity that a bag will hold

bagful

noun, as in an ugly or ill-tempered woman

old bag

noun, as in mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

udder

verb, as in bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

bulge

verb, as in take unlawfully

also used for bag

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What does bag mean?14

noun

1

a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes“he carried his small bag onto the plane with him”

2

a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)“she reached into her bag and found a comb”

3

an activity that you like or at which you are superior“chemistry is not my cup of tea”

4

a place that the runner must touch before scoring“he scrambled to get back to the bag”

5

the quantity that a bag will hold“he ate a large bag of popcorn”

6

an ugly or ill-tempered woman“he was romancing the old bag for her money”

7

mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

8

a flexible container with a single opening“he stuffed his laundry into a large bag”

9

the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)“his bag included two deer”

verb

1

bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge

2

take unlawfully

3

capture or kill, as in hunting“bag a few pheasants”

4

hang loosely, like an empty bag

5

put into a bag“The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with bag?18

one syllable

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Bag in a sentence

  • My bag was here five minutes ago, but it is gone now.CM
  • The contract is in the bag, so let's go out and celebrate.CM
  • I have all these apples to carry, not to mention this bag of potatoes.CK
  • When you wash the bag, please do not put it in the washing machine.CM
  • I carried one bag, but the other one was left behind.CK
  • His bag is right here, so he cannot have gone to school yet.CM
  • Never mind that, just take out what you've just nicked from your bag.fcbond
  • Whoever lost a bag with a glucose meter inside, contact this address.marcelostockle

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of bag

as a noun

plural
bags

as a verb

past tense
bagged
present participle
bagging
third-person singular
bags
past participle
bagged