## Meanings
1. A soft container with an opening at the top, used to carry or hold things.
2. A container, often with a handle or strap, for carrying money and personal items.
3. A case for carrying clothes and belongings when travelling.
4. To catch or kill an animal, especially while hunting.

## Examples
- She put the apples in a paper bag.
- I reached into my bag to find my phone.
- I carried my small bag onto the plane.
- They bagged a few pheasants on their hunting trip.

## Derived Forms
- airbag
- assbag
- bag-carrier
- bag-in-box
- bagboy
- bagful
- baggable
- baggage
- bagger
- baggie
- baggy
- baghead

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bagge
- Root: baggi

## Etymology
Etymology tree Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag Inherited from Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”) (whence also Old French bague (“bundle, package, sack”)); related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin.

## AI Etymology
Bag is inherited from Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”) (whence also Old French bague (“bundle, package, sack”)); related to Old Norse bǫggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin. Bag follows a historical chain through Old Norse baggi, Old French bague, Middle English bagge, English bag.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

markdown

bag

Meanings

Thesaurus

Common collocations

Etymology

Topics

External links

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

Send feedback