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- [bag]
- /bæg/
- /bæɡ/
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- [bag]
- /bæg/
Definitions of bag word
- countable noun bag A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought. 3
- countable noun bag A bag of things is the amount of things contained in a bag. 3
- countable noun bag A bag is a strong container with one or two handles, used to carry things in. 3
- countable noun bag A bag is the same as a handbag. 3
- noun plural bag If you have bags under your eyes, you have folds of skin there, usually because you have not had enough sleep. 3
- quantifier bag If you say there is bags of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. If you say that there are bags of things, you mean that there are a large number of them. 3
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Origin of bag
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; 1920-25 for def 29; Middle English bagge < Old Norse baggi pack, bundle
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bag
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bag popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bag usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bag
noun bag
- briefcase — A briefcase is a case used for carrying documents in.
- backpack — A backpack is a bag with straps that go over your shoulders, so that you can carry things on your back when you are walking or climbing.
- purse — a woman's handbag or pocketbook.
- sack — a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- kit — Christopher ("Kit") 1809–68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
verb bag
- nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- shoot — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- acquire — If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
adjective bag
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- oversized — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
- bagger — A bagger is a person whose job is to put customers' purchases into bags at a supermarket or other store.
- pop out — a short, quick, explosive sound.
- oversize — of excessive size; unusually large: an oversize cigar.
Antonyms for bag
noun bag
- dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
verb bag
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- release — to lease again.
- forfeit — a fine; penalty.
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
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