Meaning of bag in English

bag

noun [ C ]

/bæɡ/ uk

/bæɡ/

bag noun [C] (CONTAINER)

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a soft container made out of paper or thin plastic, and open at the top, used to hold foods and other goods:

a paper/plastic bag

a bag of apples/nuts

Don't eat that whole bag of (= the amount the bag contains) candy at once.

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a container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal things, or clothes or other things that you need for traveling:

She pulled a pen and notepad out of her bag and started jotting down information.

pack your bags I hadn't even packed my bags.

a shopping bag

bags under your eyes

dark, loose, or swollen skin under your eyes because of tiredness or old age:

She was considering cosmetic surgery to deal with the bags under her eyes.

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He dropped a bag of sugar and it spilled all over the floor.
Tie up the top of the bag so the rubbish doesn't fall out.
I put a few personal belongings in a bag and left the house for the last time.
She suddenly remembered (that) her keys were in her other bag.
He had a baseball and a couple of bats in his sports bag.

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Bags in general

Containers for carrying personal possessions

bag noun [C] (INTERNET)

a place on a website where you collect the names of things you intend to buy from the website:

Simply add the item to your bag, and proceed to checkout as normal.

Synonym

basket

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Click on "Continue," and add the item to your bag. View "My Bag" to make sure.
If you've added something to your shopping bag, it will be reserved for 60 minutes.
Please note that if you have items in your bag or in the "Save for Later" section that were added when you weren't logged in, you'll need to make a note of the product name/code.

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bag noun [C] (WOMAN)

slang

a rude and insulting name for a woman, especially an older one:

old bag Silly old bag!

bag noun [C] (IN BASEBALL)

US informal

the square cloth or plastic bag that marks one of the four positions on a square that a player must reach to score a point in the game of baseball:

The fielder just kept his foot on the bag.

The wide throw pulled the first baseman off the bag.

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base

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Baseball & rounders

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Idioms

bags of something
be someone's bag
be in the bag

bag

verb

/bæɡ/ uk

/bæɡ/

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bag verb (PUT IN CONTAINER)

[ T ]

to put something in a bag:

You have to bag your own groceries in that store.

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Wrapping, packing and loading

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bag verb (HANG LOOSELY)

[ I ]

to hang loosely like a bag:

I hate these pants - they bag at the back.

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Style & appearance of clothes

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bag verb (KILL)

[ T ]

to hunt and kill an animal or bird

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Hunting & fishing

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bag verb (SUMMIT)

informal

to reach the top of a mountain:

We bagged three summits in one day.

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Mountaineering & rock climbing

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bag verb (NOT USE)

US informal

to not use something that you have, and use something else instead:

Bag that old gray sweater, and wear something more colorful.

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Removing and getting rid of things

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bag verb (GET)

[ T ] UK informal

to get something before other people have a chance to take it:

Bag us some decent seats us if you get there first, won't you?

bag something for someone I bagged a riverside table for us for lunch.

See also

bagsy UK child's word

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Capturing or taking possession of things

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bag verb (WIN PRIZE)

[ T ] UK informal

to win something, especially a prize:

He's the bookies' favourite to bag an Oscar.

He is eager to bag his fifth victory of the season.

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Winning, losing & scoring in sport

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Winning and defeating

bag verb (CRITICIZE)

[ T ] Australian English informal

to criticize or laugh at someone or something in an unkind way:

I never bagged the organizers or said it was poorly organized.

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Disapproving & criticizing

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Idiom

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Phrasal verbs

bag someone/something out

bag something up

(Definition of bag from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

bag | Intermediate English

bag

noun [ C ]

/bæɡ/

bag noun [C] (OPEN CONTAINER)

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a container of paper or light plastic that is open at the top, used esp. to hold things you have bought:

a grocery/shopping bag

bag noun [C] (CLOSED CONTAINER)

a container of leather, hard plastic, or cloth material with a top that can be closed, for carrying clothes or other objects, esp. when you are traveling; a suitcase:

You can leave your bags in the hotel room, and I’ll send someone up for them later.

A bag is also a woman’s pocketbook:

I carry a large shoulder bag.

Idioms

bags under someone's eyes

in the bag

bag

verb [ T ]

/bæɡ/

-gg-

bag verb [T] (HUNT)

to hunt and capture or kill an animal or bird:

Only 15 percent of last year’s hunters actually bagged a deer.

bag verb [T] (PUT IN BAG)

to put items in a bag:

I’ll bag your groceries for you.

(Definition of bag from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

bag | Business English

bag

noun [ C ]

/bæɡ/ us

be in the bag informal

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if something is in the bag, you are certain to get it or to achieve it:

The company goes into the year with 75% of its expected revenues already in the bag.

be left holding the bag informal

to be made responsible for something that was really the fault of somebody else:

He quit the company and we were left holding the bag for the bad decisions he'd made.

(Definition of bag from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

What is the pronunciation of bag?

Translations of bag

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容器, 袋子, 女人…

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容器, 袋子, 女人…

in Spanish

bolsa, maleta, cesta…

in Portuguese

saco, saquinho, sacola…

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पिशवी, पेटी, थैली…

バッグ, 袋, かばん…

kağıt, plastik vb. maddeden yapılmış torba, çanta…

sac [masculine], sachet [masculine], paquet [masculine]…

bossa, maleta, bossa de viatge…

tas, vangst, in een zak doen…

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થેલી, પેટી, સૂટકેસ…

taske, net, pose…

väska, påse, säck…

beg, hasil, mengisi ke dalam beg…

die Tasche, die (Jagd-)Beute, in eine Tasche stecken…