DAILY UPDATED VOCABULARY WITH PICTURES. Bag.

• bag [countable]
• 1

  container

• a) a container made of paper, cloth, or thin plastic which usually opens at the top:
• a paper bag
• a plastic bag
• a garbage bag
• b) a handbag:
• Don't leave your bag in the car.
• c) a large bag that you use to carry your clothes etc when you are travelling:
• Just throw your bags in the back of the car.
• a garment bag
• 2

  amount

  the amount that a bag will hold
• bag of
• a bag of popcorn
• 3

   old/stupid bag

  spoken an insulting word for an old woman:
• You silly old bag!
• 4

  a lot of something

   bags of something

  spoken especially British English a lot of something [= plenty]:
• She's got bags of money.
• No need to rush, we've got bags of time.
• 5

   pack your bags

  informal to leave a place where you have been living, usually after an argument:
• We told her to pack her bags at once.
• 6

  eyes

   bags

   [plural] dark circles or loose skin under your eyes, usually because of old age or being tired
• 7

   a bag of bones

  informal a person or animal who is too thin
• 8

   in the bag

  informal certain to be won or achieved:
• The governor's advisors believe the election is in the bag.
• 9

  trousers

   bags

   [plural] British English old-fashioned loose-fitting trousers:
• Oxford bags
• 10

   not somebody's bag

  old-fashioned informal something that someone is not very interested in or not very good at:
• Thanks but dancing is not really my bag.
• 11

   bag and baggage

  British English with all your possessions:
• They threw her out of the house, bag and baggage.
• 12

  hunting

   [usually singular] British English the number of birds or animals that someone kills when they go hunting:
• We had a good bag that day.
• ➔ sleeping bag, airbag, duffel bag, tote bag, beanbag, punchbag, sandbag1,teabag

   ; ➔ let the cat out of the bag

   at cat (2)

   ; ➔ be left holding the bag

   at hold1 (26)

   ; ➔ a mixed bag

   at mixed (6)

Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.