bag
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See also bağ
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bæɡ/, X-SAMPA: /b{g/
- (North American also) IPA: /beɪɡ/, IPA: /bɛɡ/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æɡ
Noun [edit]
bag (plural bags)
- A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
- (informal) A handbag
- A suitcase.
- A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
- One’s preference.
- Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
- (derogatory) An ugly woman.
- (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
- The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
- (baseball) First, second, or third base.
- He headed back to the bag.
- (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
- (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
- If one has a bag of three apples and the letter 'a' is taken to denote 'apple', then such bag could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Note that in an ordinary context, when talking about a bag of apples, one does not care about identifying the individual apples, although one might be interested in distinguishing apples by species, for example, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a bag of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}.
Synonyms [edit]
Hyponyms [edit]
- (bag): bindle
Translations [edit]
flexible container
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suitcase — see suitcase
backpack — see backpack
ugly woman
baseball: cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base
baseball: first, second, or third base
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Verb [edit]
bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)
- To put into a bag.
- To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
- We bagged three deer yesterday.
- To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (slang, African American Vernacular) To be caught by the police.
- (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
- (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
- (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
- (medicine) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To swell or hang down like a full bag.
- The skin bags from containing morbid matter.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Warner. (Alb. Eng.) to this entry?)
Translations [edit]
to put into a bag
to catch
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Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from the noun or verb bag
Descendants [edit]
- Korean: 백 (baek)
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Old Norse bak (“back”).
Adverb [edit]
bag
Noun [edit]
bag c (singular definite bagen, plural indefinite bage)
Synonyms [edit]
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of bag
Preposition [edit]
bag
Etymology 2 [edit]
Verbal noun to bage (“bake”).
Noun [edit]
bag n
Synonyms [edit]
Verb [edit]
bag
- imperative of bage
Haitian Creole [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French bague (“ring”).
Noun [edit]
bag
Lojban [edit]
Rafsi [edit]
bag
Meriam [edit]
Noun [edit]
bag
Norwegian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Loanword from Old Norse baggi through English bag.
Pronunciation [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
bag
- A purse more or less similar to a bag or a sack.
- On a baby carriage: a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of bag
Rohingya [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghra)
Noun [edit]
bag
Swedish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the English word bag.
Noun [edit]
bag c
- A kind of large bag; a duffel bag
Declension [edit]
Declension of bag
Torres Strait Creole [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Meriam bag.
Noun [edit]
bag
- (eastern dialect) cheek
Synonyms [edit]
- masa (western dialect)
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