udder, bag
(noun) mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
bag
(noun) a flexible container with a single opening; “he stuffed his laundry into a large bag”
bag, traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase
(noun) a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes; “he carried his small bag onto the plane with him”
bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
(noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); “she reached into her bag and found a comb”
base, bag
(noun) a place that the runner must touch before scoring; “he scrambled to get back to the bag”
bag, old bag
(noun) an ugly or ill-tempered woman; “he was romancing the old bag for her money”
bag
(noun) the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person); “his bag included two deer”
bag, bagful
(noun) the quantity that a bag will hold; “he ate a large bag of popcorn”
bag
(verb) capture or kill, as in hunting; “bag a few pheasants”
bag
(verb) put into a bag; “The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries”
pocket, bag
(verb) take unlawfully
bulge, bag
(verb) bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
bag
(verb) hang loosely, like an empty bag
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bag (plural bags)
A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
Synonyms: poke (obsolete), sack, tote
Hyponym: bindle
(informal) A handbag
Synonyms: handbag, purse (US)
A suitcase.
A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
(slang) One’s preference.
Synonyms: cup of tea, thing, Thesaurus:predilection
(derogatory) An ugly woman.
Synonyms: dog, hag
(baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
(baseball) First, second, or third base.
(preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
(mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
Synonym: multiset
A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
(now, historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
(slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
(UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
(mostly, in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
(slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
(Multicultural London English, slang)Â ÂŁ1000, a grand.
(informal) A large number or amount.
bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)
To put into a bag.
(informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
(transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
(slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
(slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
(Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
(transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
(transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
(obsolete, ambitransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
To hang like an empty bag.
(nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
(obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
(obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.
• ABG, AGB, BGA, GBA, Gab, gab
Source: Wiktionary
Bag, n. Etym: [OE. bagge; cf. Icel. baggi, and also OF. bague, bundle, LL. baga.]
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 men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]
4. The quantity of game bagged.
5. (Com.)
Definition: 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. Bag and baggage, all that belongs to one.
– To give one the bag, to disappoint him. [Obs.] Bunyan.
Bag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bagged(p. pr. & vb. n. Bagging]
1. To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.
2. To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.
3. To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag. A bee bagged with his honeyed venom. Dryden.
Bag, v. i.
1. To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.
2. To swell with arrogance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
3. To become pregnant. [Obs.] Warner. (Alb. Eng. ).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
