Bag Definition
băg
bagged, bagging, bags
noun
bags
A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items.
American Heritage
A nonrigid container made of fabric, paper, plastic, leather, etc., typically with an opening at the top that can be closed as by folding the sides; sack or pouch.
Webster's New World
A handbag; a purse.
American Heritage
A piece of hand luggage; suitcase.
Webster's New World
A piece of hand luggage, such as a suitcase or satchel.
American Heritage
verb
bagged, bagging, bags
To put into a bag.
Bag groceries.
American Heritage
To make bulge.
Webster's New World
To swell like a full bag.
Webster's New World
To cause to bulge like a pouch.
American Heritage
To enclose within a bag.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
affix
A person characterized, usually figuratively, by (a specified negative quality)
Webster's New World
idiom
bag and baggage
- With all one's belongings.
- To a complete degree; entirely.
American Heritage
bag it
- To cease participating in an activity:
Finally in disgust I told my debating opponent to bag it.
- To bring along one's lunch, as in a paper bag:
I don't like cafeteria food, so I always bag it.
American Heritage
in the bag
- Assured of a successful outcome; virtually accomplished or won.
American Heritage
bag and baggage
- with all one's possessions
- completely; entirely
Webster's New World
be left holding the bag
- to be left to suffer the bad consequences or the blame
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bag
- bag and baggage
- bag it
- in the bag
- bag and baggage
- be left holding the bag
- in the bag
Origin of Bag
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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”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English bagge from Old Norse baggi
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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