Bag - English meaning

noun

A small coloured rubber bag that is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.

Usage examples:

The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

verb

A small coloured rubber bag which is inflated with air and then sealed at the neck, used as a child's toy or a decoration.

Usage examples:

The room was festooned with balloons and streamers

noun

A rounded swelling which distorts an otherwise flat surface.

Usage examples:

The telltale bulge of a concealed weapon

verb

Swell or protrude to an incongruous extent.

Usage examples:

The veins in his neck bulged

verb

Take into one's possession or control by force.

Usage examples:

The island was captured by australian forces in 1914

noun

The action of capturing or of being captured.

Usage examples:

The capture of the city

noun

A person or thing that carries, holds, or conveys something.

Usage examples:

Water carriers

verb

Intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).

Usage examples:

She threw the bottle into the air and caught it again

noun

An act of catching something, typically a ball.

Usage examples:

I saw myself fumbling easy catches and looking clumsy.

verb

Take hold of so as to seize or stop the motion of

noun

An object for holding or transporting something.

Usage examples:

The cakes will keep for up to two weeks if kept in an airtight container

verb

Catch in or as in a trap.

Usage examples:

They were ensnared in city centre traffic

verb

Take or catch as if in a trap

verb

To catch or get control of something or someone

Usage examples:

Spiders ensnare flies and other insects in their webs., be ensnared in they wanted to make a formal…

noun

A person's buttocks.

Usage examples:

I've had it up to my keister with all these leaks

verb

Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).

Usage examples:

Her father was killed in a car crash

noun

An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.

Usage examples:

A lion has made a kill

noun

(in place names, especially in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.

Usage examples:

Kill van kull

noun

The part of the earth's surface that is not covered by water.

Usage examples:

The reptiles lay their eggs on land

verb

Put (someone or something) on land from a boat.

Usage examples:

He landed his troops at hastings

noun

A state of germany or austria.

Usage examples:

A second school highlights the distinctive role of regional governments in federal systems, however…

verb

Jab or prod (someone or something) with one's finger or a sharp object.

Usage examples:

He poked benny in the ribs and pointed

noun

An act of poking someone or something.

Usage examples:

She gave the fire a poke

noun

A bag or small sack.

Usage examples:

He fished out a poke of crisps from under the counter

noun

A hollow object used to contain something.

Usage examples:

Fast-food receptacles

noun

A container for holding things or that you can put things in

Usage examples:

A trash receptacle

noun

A large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods.

Usage examples:

Each one, after scrutiny, found something of value to add to his sack: paper, plastic bags, bits of…

verb

Dismiss from employment.

Usage examples:

Any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot

noun

The pillaging of a town or city.

Usage examples:

The sack of rome

verb

Sink, subside, or bulge downwards under weight or pressure or through lack of strength.

Usage examples:

She let her head sag lower and lower

noun

A downward curve or bulge in a structure caused by weakness or excessive weight or pressure.

Usage examples:

A sag in the middle necessitated a third set of wheels

noun

Variant spelling of saag.

verb

Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.

Usage examples:

He was shot in the leg during an armed robbery

noun

A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant.

Usage examples:

He nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems

exclamation

Variant spelling of chute1.

noun

A trap for catching birds or mammals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord.

Usage examples:

Most poachers used silent and invisible methods such as wire snares and jaw traps to capture their …

verb

Catch (a bird or mammal) in a snare.

Usage examples:

The foxes were humanely snared

verb

A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast

adjective

Excellent; very good.

Usage examples:

You're looking swell

noun

A device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.

Usage examples:

The squirrels ravaged the saplings, despite the baited traps

verb

Short for trapdoor.

verb

Put trappings on (a horse).

Usage examples:

The horses were trapped with black velvet