26984 words

bags

21 definitions • 30 examples
1
a soft container made out of paper or thin plastic, and open at the top, used to hold foods and other goods:

Examples:

a bag of apples/nuts
Don't eat that whole bag of (= the amount the bag contains) sweets at once.
2
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 travelling:

Examples:

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.
3
dark, loose, or swollen skin under your eyes because of tiredness or old age:

Examples:

She was considering cosmetic surgery to deal with the bags under her eyes.
4
a place on a website where you collect the names of things you intend to buy from the website:

Examples:

Simply add the item to your bag, and proceed to checkout as normal.
5
a rude and insulting name for a woman, especially an older one:

Examples:

old bag Silly old bag!
6
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:

Examples:

The fielder just kept his foot on the bag.
The wide throw pulled the first baseman off the bag.
7
to put something in a bag:

Examples:

He has a job bagging groceries at the local supermarket.
Shall I bag those tomatoes for you?
8
to get something before other people have a chance to take it:

Examples:

Bag us some decent seats if you get there first, won't you?
bag something for someone I bagged a riverside table for us for lunch.
9
to win something, especially a prize:

Examples:

He's the bookies' favourite to bag an Oscar.
He is eager to bag his fifth victory of the season.
10
to hunt and kill an animal or bird
11
to reach the top of a mountain:

Examples:

We bagged three summits in one day.
12
to hang loosely like a bag:

Examples:

I hate these trousers - they bag at the back.
13
to not use something that you have, and use something else instead:

Examples:

Bag that old grey sweater, and wear something more colourful.
14
to criticize or laugh at someone or something in an unkind way:

Examples:

I never bagged the organizers or said it was poorly organized.
bag someone out Stop bagging her out - she's doing her best.
15
a container of paper or light plastic that is open at the top, used esp. to hold things you have bought:

Examples:

16
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:

Examples:

You can leave your bags in the hotel room, and I’ll send someone up for them later.
17
A bag is also a woman’s pocketbook:

Examples:

18
to hunt and capture or kill an animal or bird:

Examples:

Only 15 percent of last year’s hunters actually bagged a deer.
19
to put items in a bag:

Examples:

I’ll bag your groceries for you.
20
if something is in the bag, you are certain to get it or to achieve it:

Examples:

The company goes into the year with 75% of its expected revenues already in the bag.
21
to be made responsible for something that was really the fault of somebody else:

Examples:

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

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