1. A flexible container with a single opening
   "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
    
2. The quantity that a bag will hold
   "he ate a large bag of popcorn";
   - bagful
    
3. A container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
   "she reached into her bag and found a comb";
   - handbag, pocketbook, purse [N. Amer]
    
4. A portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
   "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him";
   - traveling bag [US], travelling bag, grip, suitcase
    
5. The quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
   "his bag included two deer"
    
6. A place that the runner must touch before scoring
   "he scrambled to get back to the bag";
   - base
    
7. Mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
   "The dairy cow's bag was full before milking";
   - udder
    
8. [informal] An ugly or ill-tempered woman
   "he was romancing the old bag for her money";
   - old bag [informal]
    
9. [informal] An activity that you like or at which you are superior
   "his bag now is learning to play golf";
   - dish [informal]

1. Put into a bag
   "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"
    
2. Make first claim on something; take possession of
   "He quickly bagged the window seat on the bus";
   - bagsy [UK]
    
3. (hunting) capture or kill, as in hunting
   "bag a few pheasants"
    
4. Hang loosely, like an empty bag
   "His pants bagged at the knees"
    
5. Bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
   "His pockets bagged from all the items he carried";
   - bulge
    
6. [informal] Take unlawfully
   "The thief bagged several valuable items from the store";
   - pocket
    
7. [Austral, informal] Criticize harshly or sarcastically
   "He always bags on his coworkers' ideas during meetings"

Derived forms: bagging, bags, bagged

Type of: activity, baggage, baseball equipment, capture, catch, container, containerful, disagreeable person, droop, flag, indefinite quantity, jut, jut out, luggage, mamma, mammary gland, pack, project, protrude, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], sag, steal, stick out, swag, unpleasant person

Part of: baseball diamond, cow, diamond, ewe, infield, moo-cow [informal], nanny, nanny-goat, she-goat

Encyclopedia: Bag, Khash