Word Finder - bag

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A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.

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• poke
• sack
• tote

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A handbag

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• handbag
• purse

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A suitcase.

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A schoolbag, especially a backpack.

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One’s preference.

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Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.

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• cup of tea
• thing

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An ugly woman.

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• dog
• hag

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The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.

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The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.

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First, second, or third base.

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He headed back to the bag.

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(preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.

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A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.

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If one has a bag of three apples and the letter 'a' is taken to denote 'apple', then such bag could be represented symbolically as {a,a,a}. Note that in an ordinary context, when talking about a bag of apples, one does not care about identifying the individual apples, although one might be interested in distinguishing apples by species, for example, letting 'r' denote 'red apple' and 'g' denote 'green apple', then a bag of three red apples and two green apples could be denoted as {r,r,r,g,g}.

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• multiset

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A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.

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the bag of a cow

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A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.

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The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.

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A scrotum.

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A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.

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(chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.

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A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.

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£1000, a grand.

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A large number or amount.

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To put into a bag.

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To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.

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We bagged three deer yesterday.

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To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.

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To furnish or load with a bag.

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(African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.

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(African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.

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To criticise sarcastically.

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To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.

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To fit with a bag to collect urine.

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To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.

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The brisk wind bagged the sails.

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To hang like an empty bag.

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His trousers bag at the knees.

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To drop away from the correct course.

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To swell with arrogance.

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To become pregnant.

He had a bag in one hand.

He picked up the bag and smiled.

Alex instantly provided a little white bag and she made use of it.

Breathless, Dusty closed his eyes and leaned against the punching bag, unable to shake his first memories of Damian or his last memories of his sister, Trinka.

He joined her, a gym bag at his side.

He came back with a bag quickly.

Pulling gloves and a bag from his pocket, he proceeded to collect the grisly specimen.

Poll results listed a mixed bag.

Dean changed the subject by holding up the shopping bag from his lap.

Without a word, she dashed back to her room and crammed a change of clothes in a bag, along with her books.

Transfer it immediately from the bag to a bottle.

The bag she.d started to pack still gaped open, half-full on the trunk at the base of her bed.

He decided to take a walk to Coronet Park and grabbed a bag of bread on his way out for the ducks.

Her dress and bag are decorated with cream satin bows and she has a pink rosebud and satin bow in her hair.

He had no bag and no coat, and she scanned the foyer.

She was wedged into a corner chair with one hand in a bag of cookies while the other took notes.

The retreating blonde woman's rope and crampons lay discarded at the edge of the path, the bag from their recent purchase crumpled nearby.

It's like he needed her to be his punching bag, at least verbally if not physically.

Taking a zip-lock bag of scraps from the refrigerator, she opened the door and stepped out into the cool dawn.

Katie returned, tossing the sleeping bag and a small shaving bag filled with basics on one bunk.

She visited the small café and dropped three boxed lunches into a tote bag along with extra cocoa and marshmallows in case Toby woke up soon.

Only then did she venture closer to where they.d been and snag a small box smoothly from the shelf, pushing it under everything else to the bottom of the bag.

She carried an overnight bag and a large artist's portfolio.

He put the bag on the bed and stood staring at it for a moment.

Just put 4-8 half shells in the unbleached cotton bag provided.

It was very pleasant, when I stayed late in town, to launch myself into the night, especially if it was dark and tempestuous, and set sail from some bright village parlor or lecture room, with a bag of rye or Indian meal upon my shoulder, for my snug harbor in the woods, having made all tight without and withdrawn under hatches with a merry crew of thoughts, leaving only my outer man at the helm, or even tying up the helm when it was plain sailing.

It was very exciting at that season to roam the then boundless chestnut woods of Lincoln--they now sleep their long sleep under the railroad--with a bag on my shoulder, and a stick to open burs with in my hand, for I did not always wait for the frost, amid the rustling of leaves and the loud reproofs of the red squirrels and the jays, whose half-consumed nuts I sometimes stole, for the burs which they had selected were sure to contain sound ones.

She held up an IV bag.

Fred O'Connor returned, a bag of treasures in his hand, just as the slide show broke up.

Acting Sheriff Fitzgerald was slipping two one-pint bottles of vodka into a paper bag as Dean was about to open the door.

She dropped her bag off and joined him in the hallway.

Then I rummaged through my bag for my lipstick.

I'll get my bag.

In that sleeping bag - with you.

Laurencio was dark and brooding, his camera bag over one shoulder while the camera was out and ready.

Fluid dripped steadily from an IV bag above his head.

If someone grabs your bag, let it go - property can be replaced, safety comes first.

I rustled out of my kit bag and my belt my few remaining grenades.

I put the leaves into a large garden carry bag then heave them over into the cage in one go.

Doctors also performed an ileostomy to help relieve pressure in his stomach which involved fitting him with a " bag " to collect waste.

They come in their own protective suede bag, with Robs own hand blended cone incense.

The bag is unlikely to burn if it remains in the chimney and the handgrip is not inflammable.

Gabe leaned across her to grab the bag with his weapons' polishing supplies.  A necklace with two emeralds – identical to the one he'd given her to wear – dangled above her.

She caught it.  He rifled through his bag and prepared a dagger to sharpen.

I opened my door, grabbed my bag, and got out.

He dug change out of his bike bag and dialed his number but he might as well have saved his time.

The only luggage missing was a small overnight bag.

There was a large backpack, a smaller one, a bagged tent and a rolled-up sleeping bag.

The bag was an expensive, down-filled model, and like everything else, showed little if any signs of wear.

However, no sooner had he entered the tent, stripped, and crawled into his sleeping bag than his exhausted body began to drift to another world.