bag

/bˈæg/

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Noun
a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
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the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person); "his bag included two deer"
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a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
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a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb"
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the quantity that a bag will hold; "he ate a large bag of popcorn"
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a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
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an ugly or ill-tempered woman; "he was romancing the old bag for her money"
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mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
Noun
an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"
Verb
capture or kill, as in hunting; "bag a few pheasants"
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hang loosely, like an empty bag
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bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
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take unlawfully
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put into a bag; "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"