bag

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[edit] English

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Various shopping bags.

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰak- (compare Welsh baich (“load, bundle”), Ancient Greek βάσταγμα (bástagma, “load”).

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[edit] Noun

bag (plural bags)

  1. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
  2. (informal) A handbag
  3. A suitcase.
  4. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
  5. One’s preference.
    Acid House is not my bag, I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
  6. (derogatory) An ugly woman.
  7. (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
    The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
  8. (baseball) First, second, or third base.
    He headed back to the bag.
  9. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
  10. (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.

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flexible container
suitcase — see suitcase
backpack — see backpack
preference
ugly woman
baseball: cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base
baseball: first, second, or third base
breathalyzer device
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[edit] Verb

bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)

  1. To put into a bag.
  2. To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
    We bagged three deer yesterday.
  3. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  4. (slang, African American Vernacular) To be caught by the police.
  5. (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  6. (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
  7. (Australian, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
  8. (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

[edit] Translations

to put into a bag
to catch
to provide artificial ventilation
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[edit] Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb bag

[edit] Descendants

  • Korean: 백 (baek)

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse bak (“back”).

[edit] Adverb

bag

  1. behind

[edit] Noun

bag c. (singular definite bagen, plural indefinite bage)

  1. behind, bottom, butt, buttocks
  2. seat (part of clothing)
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[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of bag
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative bag bagen bage bagene
genitive bags bagens bages bagenes

[edit] Preposition

bag

  1. behind

[edit] Etymology 2

Verbal noun to bage (“bake”).

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bag n.

  1. pastry
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bag

  1. imperative of bage

[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Etymology

From French bague (“ring”).

[edit] Noun

bag

  1. ring

[edit] Meriam

[edit] Noun

bag

  1. cheek

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

Loanword from Old Norse baggi through English bag.

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[edit] Noun

bag

  1. A purse more or less similar to a bag or a sack.
  2. On a baby carriage: a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.

[edit] Inflection

    Inflection of bag
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m bag bagen bager bagene
Nynorsk m bag bagen bagar bagane

[edit] Rohingya

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From Bengali

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bag

  1. tiger

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

From the English word bag.

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bag c.

  1. A kind of large bag; a duffel bag

[edit] Declension

Declension of bag
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bag bagen bagar bagarna
genitive bags bagens bagars bagarnas

[edit] Torres Strait Creole

[edit] Etymology

From Meriam bag.

[edit] Noun

bag

  1. (eastern dialect) cheek

[edit] Synonyms

  • masa (western dialect)
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