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What (who) is bag - definition

SIMPLE TOOL IN THE FORM OF A NON-RIGID CONTAINER
BAG; The Bags (rock band); The Bags (American band); Bags
  • Paper bags with handles
  • A [[tote bag]]
  • Jute bags ([[gunny sack]]s) of coffee
  • Official waste disposal bag from [[Basel]], Switzerland
  • A fur bag
  • ''Pouch'', [[Arapaho]] (Native American), late 19th or early 20th century, [[Brooklyn Museum]]
  • A modern bag for carrying personal effects

bags         
bags
Brit. dated loose-fitting trousers.
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bags
loose folds of skin under a person's eyes.
bag         
n.
suitcase
1) to pack, unpack one's bags
2) to check one's bags
container
pouch
3) an air bag (that inflates within a car on impact)
4) a barracks; carrier (BE), shopping; duffel, kit (BE); flight; garment; ice; jiffy ('padded bag used for mailing'); musette (AE); overnight; paper; plastic; sleeping bag
5) (BE) a sponge bag ('bag for toilet articles')
6) (AE) a doggy bag ('bag for leftover food given to a diner in a restaurant')
7) (AE) a grab bag (BE has lucky dip)
8) a tea bag
leather ball
9) (AE) a punching bag (BE has punching ball)
misc.
10) in the bag ('assured of success')
bag         
(bags)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A bag is a container made of thin paper or plastic, for example one that is used in shops to put things in that a customer has bought.
N-COUNT
A bag of things is the amount of things contained in a bag.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
2.
A bag is a strong container with one or two handles, used to carry things in.
She left the hotel carrying a shopping bag.
N-COUNT
A bag of things is the amount of things contained in a bag.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
3.
A bag is the same as a handbag
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N-COUNT
4.
If you have bags under your eyes, you have folds of skin there, usually because you have not had enough sleep.
N-PLURAL
5.
If you say there is bags of something, you mean that there is a large amount of it. If you say that there are bags of things, you mean that there are a large number of them. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...a hotel with bags of character.
= heaps of
QUANT: QUANT of pl-n/n-uncount [emphasis]
6.
7.
If you say that something is in the bag, you mean that you are certain that you will get it or achieve it. (INFORMAL)
'I'll get the Republican nomination,' he assured me. 'It's in the bag.'
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR
8.
to let the cat out of the bag: see cat

Wikipedia

Bag

A bag (also known regionally as a sack) is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container. The use of bags predates recorded history, with the earliest bags being lengths of animal skin, cotton, or woven plant fibers, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material.

Despite their simplicity, bags have been fundamental for the development of human civilization, as they allow people to easily collect loose materials such as berries or food grains, and to transport more items than could readily be carried in the hands. The word probably has its origins in the Norse word baggi, from the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European bʰak, but is also comparable to the Welsh baich (load, bundle), and the Greek Τσιαντουλίτσα (Chandulícha, load).

Cheap disposable paper bags and plastic shopping bags are very common varying in size and strength in the retail trade as a convenience for shoppers, and are often supplied by the shop for free or for a small fee. Customers may also take their own shopping bags to use in shops. Although, paper had been used for purposes of wrapping and padding in ancient China since the 2nd century BC, the first use of paper bags (for preserving the flavor of tea) in China came during the later Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD).

Examples of use of bag
1. I gave him my bag but he said, ‘There‘s another bag, I want this lady‘s bag‘, pointing at my mum.
2. Wash bag McGlynn was found to have 16,500 in cash in a wash bag.
3. They were placed in a white paper bag and the bag was folded shut.
4. I went there to buy a bag of dog food –– a large, 25–kilogram bag.
5. When I sleep I am within a bag within a bag within the tent, which has a bag all to itself.