Bag — Defs

01 n. A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.

1.
A sack or pouch, used for holding anything; as, a bag of meal or of money.
2.
A sac, or dependent gland, in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance; as, the bag of poison in the mouth of some serpents; the bag of a cow.
3.
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.[Obs.]
4.
The quantity of game bagged.
5.
A certain quantity of a commodity, such as it is customary to carry to market in a sack; as, a bag of pepper or hops; a bag of coffee.(Com.)

Phrases & compounds

Bag and baggage — all that belongs to one.

To give one the bag — to disappoint him.

02 v. t. To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.

imp. & p. p. Bagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Bagging

1.
To put into a bag; as, to bag hops.
2.
To seize, capture, or entrap; as, to bag an army; to bag game.
3.
To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag.
“A bee bagged with his honeyed venom.” — Dryden.

03 v. i. To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.

1.
To swell or hang down like a full bag; as, the skin bags from containing morbid matter.
2.
To swell with arrogance.[Obs.]
3.
To become pregnant.[Obs.]