bag

A container made of paper, plastic, or cloth, used to carry or store things.

• My bag is heavy.
• He put the bread in a paper bag.
• Have you packed your bags?

How to use it: bag of something (She bought a bag of apples.)

Similar words: sack

Common phrases: shopping bag, plastic bag, bag of something

Something you enjoy or are interested in, especially in the expression 'my bag'.

• Jazz is my bag.
• Team sports have never been her bag.
• Is modern art your bag?

How to use it: be someone's bag (Fast cars aren't really my bag.)

Similar words: thing, interest

Common phrases: my bag, your bag, not someone's bag

A small pouch inside an animal's body that holds liquid or another substance.

• The snake has a bag of venom.
• The drawing shows a fluid bag inside the animal.
• These bags store liquid in the body.

Similar words: sac, pouch

Common phrases: bag of venom, fluid bag, poison bag

If you do this, you manage to get something you wanted.

• She bagged the best seat.
• We hope to bag a bargain today.
• He has bagged a job at the museum.

Similar words: get, secure, land

Common phrases: bag a prize, bag a bargain, bag a job

To put things into a container made of paper, plastic, or cloth.

• Please bag the apples.
• The cashier bagged our groceries.
• We bagged up the fallen leaves.

How to use it: bag something up (I'll bag the clothes up for donation.)

Similar words: pack

Common phrases: bag the groceries, bag up something, bag the rubbish

To catch or kill an animal while hunting or fishing.

• The hunter bagged a deer.
• We bagged two large fish before lunch.
• Did anyone bag a duck today?

Similar words: catch, kill

Common phrases: bag a deer, bag a fish, bag a pheasant

If clothes do this, they hang loosely or develop loose, stretched areas.

• His old trousers bag at the knees.
• The sleeves have bagged at the elbows.
• Cheap fabric can bag after a few washes.

How to use it: bag at something (These trousers bag at the knees.)

Similar words: sag

Common phrases: bag at the knees, bag at the elbows