meaning of bag
1. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.
2. A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.
3. A sort of silken purse formerly tied about mens hair behind, by way of ornament.
4. The quantity of game bagged.
5. A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.
6. To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.
7. To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.
8. To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
9. To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.
10. To swell with arrogance.
11. To become pregnant.
12. A bag-shaped net for catching fish.
Related Words
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