bag
a flexible container with a single opening
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,100 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,465 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a flexible container with a single opening he stuffed his laundry into a large bag
- 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 also: base he scrambled to get back to the bag
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) also: handbag, pocketbook, purse she reached into her bag and found a comb
- the quantity that a bag will hold also: bagful he ate a large bag of popcorn
- a portable rectangular container for carrying clothes also: traveling bag, travelling bag, grip, suitcase he carried his small bag onto the plane with him
bag in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The Glass Cat Finds the Black Bag 17.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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The blue-nosed boatswain, complexioned like slag, Like a blue Monday lours—his implements in bag.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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If I can bag one of the rascals who are watching you, that’s all I want.’
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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The small, neat person of the House Across the Street was there with her big, shabby bag.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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The Herd-boy returned to his sheep, and took off the invisible belt which he hid carefully in his bag.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1