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English noun: bag | |||
| 1. | bag (artifact) a flexible container with a single opening | ||
| Samples | He stuffed his laundry into a large bag. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | container | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | air bag, back pack, backpack, beanbag, bladder, body bag, book bag, burlap bag, burn bag, carrier bag, carryall, drawstring bag, dust bag, envelope, feedbag, gamebag, gasbag, golf bag, gunny sack, gunnysack, haversack, holdall, human remains pouch, ice bag, ice pack, knapsack, mailbag, nosebag, packsack, pannier, paper bag, personnel pouch, plastic bag, poke, postbag, pouch, purse, ragbag, rosin bag, rucksack, sachet, sack, saddlebag, sandbag, schoolbag, shopping bag, sick bag, sickbag, skin, sleeping bag, sponge bag, sweat bag, tea bag, toilet bag, tool bag, tote, tote bag, tucker-bag, vacuum bag | ||
| 2. | bag (quantity) the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person) | ||
| Samples | His bag included two deer. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indefinite quantity | ||
| 3. | bag (artifact) a place that the runner must touch before scoring | ||
| Samples | He scrambled to get back to the bag. | ||
| Synonyms | base | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | baseball equipment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | first base, home, home base, home plate, plate, second base, third, third base | ||
| Part meronym | baseball diamond, diamond, infield | ||
| 4. | bag (artifact) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | ||
| Samples | She reached into her bag and found a comb. | ||
| Synonyms | handbag, pocketbook, purse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | container | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clutch, clutch bag, etui, evening bag, reticule, shoulder bag | ||
| Part holonym | clasp | ||
| 5. | bag (quantity) the quantity that a bag will hold | ||
| Samples | He ate a large bag of popcorn. | ||
| Synonyms | bagful | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | containerful | ||
| 6. | bag (artifact) a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes | ||
| Samples | He carried his small bag onto the plane with him. | ||
| Synonyms | grip, suitcase, traveling bag, travelling bag | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | baggage, luggage | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carpetbag, garment bag, Gladstone, Gladstone bag, gripsack, overnight bag, overnight case, overnighter, portmanteau, weekender | ||
| 7. | bag (person) an ugly or ill-tempered woman | ||
| Samples | He was romancing the old bag for her money. | ||
| Synonyms | old bag | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman | ||
| 8. | bag (animal) mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) | ||
| Synonyms | udder | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mamma, mammary gland | ||
| Part meronym | cow, ewe, moo-cow, nanny, nanny-goat, she-goat | ||
| 9. | bag (act) an activity that you like or at which you are superior | ||
| Samples | Chemistry is not my cup of tea. His bag now is learning to play golf. Marriage was scarcely his dish. | ||
| Synonyms | cup of tea, dish | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
English verb: bag | |||
| 1. | bag (contact) capture or kill, as in hunting | ||
| Samples | Bag a few pheasants. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | capture, catch | ||
| Domain category | hunt, hunting | ||
| 2. | bag (stative) hang loosely, like an empty bag | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | droop, flag, sag, swag | ||
| 3. | bag (stative) bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge | ||
| Synonyms | bulge | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | jut, jut out, project, protrude, stick out | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | protuberate | ||
| 4. | bag (possession) take unlawfully | ||
| Examples | They bag the money | ||
| Synonyms | |||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | steal | ||
| 5. | bag (contact) put into a bag | ||
| Samples | The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries. | ||
| Examples | They bag the goods | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pack | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pouch | ||
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