EGAVE

bag

About 18.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Tuki.
  2. noun A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
  3. noun 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.
  4. noun One's preference.
    Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.
  5. noun An ugly woman.
  6. noun The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
    The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.
  7. noun First, second, or third base.
    He headed back to the bag.
  8. noun A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.

Similar words

purse pocketbook handbag pocket bagful suitcase dish grip cup of tea bulge

Often followed by

of and in with to is on for was

Word family

BAg bagged bagger baggers bagging bags

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