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The Meaning of bag
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(n.) A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
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(n.) The quantity of game bagged.
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(n.) 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.
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(v. t.) To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.
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(v. t.) To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.
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(v. t.) To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
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(v. i.) To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.
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(v. i.) To swell with arrogance.
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(v. i.) To become pregnant.
Synonyms
base
,
handbag
,
pocketbook
,
purse
,
bagful
,
traveling bag
,
travelling bag
,
grip
,
suitcase
,
old bag
,
udder
,
cup of tea
,
dish
,
bulge
,
pocket
Homophones
bagg
,
bagge
Rhymes
ag
,
bagg
,
bagge
,
blagg
,
brag
,
bragg
,
bundestag
,
clagg
,
codag
,
cragg
,
dag
,
drag
,
fag
,
fagg
,
flag
,
flagg
,
gag
,
gragg
,
greylag
,
hag
,
hagg
,
hagge
,
handbag
,
kragh
,
lag
,
mag
,
mailbag
,
montag
,
nag
,
plagge
,
rag
,
ragtag
,
reflag
,
saddlebag
,
sag
,
sandbag
,
schlag
,
schrag
,
scrag
,
scragg
,
shag
,
slag
,
snag
,
sontag
,
sprag
,
spragg
,
stag
,
stagg
,
tag
,
tagg
,
tagge
,
wag
,
wagg
,
wragg
,
zag
,
zig-zag