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say it: bag
bag is a noun and verb meaning "a flexible container with a single opening". It is pronounced /ˈbæɡ/ — bag. It carries 14 recorded senses.
the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person)
“his bag included two deer”
a place that the runner must touch before scoring
“he scrambled to get back to the bag”
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
“she reached into her bag and found a comb”
a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes
“he carried his small bag onto the plane with him”
an ugly or ill-tempered woman
“he was romancing the old bag for her money”
mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
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”
hang loosely, like an empty bag
bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bag come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.