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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 no more than 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 βάσταγμα (bástagma, load).
Cheap disposable paper bags and plastic shopping bags are very common 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).
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Bag (noun)
A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
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Bag (noun)
A handbag
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Bag (noun)
A suitcase.
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Bag (noun)
A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
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Bag (noun)
One’s preference.
“Acid House is not my bag: I prefer the more traditional styles of music.”
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Bag (noun)
An ugly woman.
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Bag (noun)
The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
“The grounder hit the bag and bounced over the fielder’s head.”
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Bag (noun)
First, second, or third base.
“He headed back to the bag.”
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Bag (noun)
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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Bag (noun)
A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
“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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Bag (noun)
A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
“the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents”
“the bag of a cow”
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Bag (noun)
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men’s hair behind, by way of ornament.
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Bag (noun)
The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
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Bag (noun)
A scrotum.
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Bag (noun)
A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
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Bag (verb)
To put into a bag.
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Bag (verb)
To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
“We bagged three deer yesterday.”
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Bag (verb)
To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
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Bag (verb)
To furnish or load with a bag.
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Bag (verb)
To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
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Bag (verb)
To laugh uncontrollably.
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Bag (verb)
To criticise sarcastically.
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Bag (verb)
To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
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Bag (verb)
To swell or hang down like a full bag.
“The skin bags from containing morbid matter.”
“The brisk wind bagged the sails.”
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Bag (verb)
To hang like an empty bag.
“His trousers bag at the knees.”
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Bag (verb)
To swell with arrogance.
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Bag (verb)
To become pregnant.
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Sack (noun)
A commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
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Sack (noun)
The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
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Sack (noun)
The pillaging of a captured town or city.
“The sack of Rome.”
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Sack (noun)
Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
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Sack (noun)
A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense4 below.
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Sack (noun)
One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
“He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.”
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Sack (noun)
Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense4 below.
“The boss is gonna give her the sack today.”
“He got the sack for being late all the time.”
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Sack (noun)
Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
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Sack (noun)
(also Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.
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Sack (noun)
A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
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Sack (noun)
The scrotum.
“He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack.”
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Sack (noun)
A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.
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Sack (noun)
alternative spelling of sac|id=sacrifice n||sacrifice
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Sack (verb)
To put in a sack or sacks.
“Help me sack the groceries.”
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Sack (verb)
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
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Sack (verb)
To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
“The barbarians sacked Rome.”
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Sack (verb)
To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass.
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Sack (verb)
To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
“He was sacked last September.”
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Sack (verb)
In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
“The kids all sacked out before 9:00 on New Year’s Eve.”
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Sack (noun)
a large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods.
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Sack (noun)
the contents of a sack or the amount it can contain
“a sack of flour”
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Sack (noun)
a woman’s short loose unwaisted dress, typically narrowing at the hem, popular especially in the 1950s.
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Sack (noun)
a woman’s long loose dress or gown.
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Sack (noun)
a decorative piece of dress material fastened to the shoulders of a woman’s gown in loose pleats and forming a long train, fashionable in the 18th century.
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Sack (noun)
dismissal from employment
“they were given the sack”
“he got the sack for swearing”
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Sack (noun)
bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex.
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Sack (noun)
a base.
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Sack (noun)
an act of tackling of a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.
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Sack (noun)
the pillaging of a town or city
“the sack of Rome”
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Sack (noun)
a dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from Spain and the Canaries.
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Sack (verb)
dismiss from employment
“any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot”
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Sack (verb)
tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage
“Oregon intercepted five of his passes and sacked him five times”
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Sack (verb)
put into a sack or sacks
“a small part of his wheat had been sacked”
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Sack (verb)
(chiefly in historical contexts) plunder and destroy (a captured town or building)
“the fort was rebuilt in AD 158 and was sacked again in AD 197”