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noun/bæɡ//baɡ//baːɡ/
  1. 1

    A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.countableuncountable

  2. 2

    A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.countableuncountable

  3. 3

    One's preference.colloquialcountableuncountable

    • Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
  4. 4

    An ugly woman.countablederogatoryuncountable

  5. 5

    The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.countableuncountable

    • The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
  6. 6

    First, second, or third base.countableuncountable

    • He headed back to the bag.
  7. 7

    A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.countableuncountable

  8. 8

    A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.countableuncountable

    • A bag of three apples could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Or, 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}.
  9. 9

    A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.countableuncountable

    • the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents
  10. 10

    A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.; An udder, especially the pendulous one of a dairy cow.countableuncountable

    • Meronym: teats
    • Her bag is coming in nicely now.
verb/bæɡ//baɡ//baːɡ/
  1. 1

    To put into a bag.transitive

  2. 2

    To take with oneself, to assume into one's score; To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.informaltransitive

    • We bagged three deer yesterday.
  3. 3

    To take with oneself, to assume into one's score; To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.transitive

    • the two opposition groups have bagged almost 300 of the 500 seats contested in the election.
  4. 4

    To take with oneself, to assume into one's score; To steal.slangtransitive

    • "I am sure nobody would mind," said Susan. "It isn't as if we wanted to take them out of the house; we shan't take them even out of the wardrobe." "I never thought of that, Su," said Peter. "Of course, now you put it that way, I see. No one
  5. 5

    To take with oneself, to assume into one's score; To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.slangtransitive

    • When we hit the club to go and hell-raise / Probably end up baggin' the cocktail waitress
  6. 6

    To take with oneself, to assume into one's score; To arrest.slangtransitive

    • Free bro, free bro, we got bagged for a M
  7. 7

    To furnish or load with a bag.transitive

    • a bee bagged with his honeyed venom
  8. 8

    To furnish or load with a bag.; To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.transitive

  9. 9

    To furnish or load with a bag.; To fit with a bag to collect urine.transitive

    • The patient was bagged for a urine analysis and stat electrolytes were drawn.
  10. 10

    To expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag; To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.ambitransitiveobsolete

    • The skin bags from containing morbid matter.
    • The brisk wind bagged the sails.

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