bag
part of speech
noun (bag, bags); verb (bag, bags, bagged, bagging — to put in a bag; to grab; to criticise)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bag is a soft container you carry things in, made of paper, plastic, cloth or leather. tree →
2) A bag is the amount a bag holds: a bag of sweets. tree →
3) To bag something is to put it in a bag, or to grab it for yourself: I bagged the front seat. tree →
4) (casual) «Bags» (UK, Ireland, Australia) or «dibs» (US) claims something first: «Bags the window seat!» tree →
5) (casual) «Bags of» means lots of: bags of time. «Not my bag» means not what I like. tree →
6) (casual, Australia, NZ) To bag someone is to criticise them or make fun of them. tree →
7) (rude) «Old bag» is a nasty name for an older woman; do not use it. tree →
8) (formal) The exam voice says «receptacle», «container», «sack», «parcel». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A bag held weights for the market, and the law forbids false weights in it. The prophet Micah asks if God can accept a bag of deceitful weights. Job speaks of his sin as sealed up in a bag, and in the Song of Songs a bag of myrrh is a picture of a beloved. Interpretation: The rabbis taught that false weights are a serious sin because they cheat people. Honest measures were seen as a sign of fear of God. Job's sealed bag is read as a picture of sins kept safe until judgment. In the primary lessons: a container; often one of several equal groups («3 bags, each has 4» = 3 × 4) or what a total is split into («equally into 3 bags» = divide); in everyday life school bag, shopping bag, lunch bag, sleeping bag, tea bag, schoolbag, «pack your bags»; in casual talk «bags I go first», «bags of time», «in the bag» (sure to happen); in safety never put a plastic bag over your head; in the exam voice «receptacles», «containers each containing»
examples
- Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small. (Torah DEU.25.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity. (Writings JOB.14.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?' (Prophets MIC.6.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts. (Writings SNG.1.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- There are 3 bags. Each bag has 4 stamps. tree →
- A box has 20 balloons and a bag has 19 balloons. tree →
- Rita puts 18 sweets equally into 3 bags. tree →
- Each bag holds 5 oranges. How many oranges are in 6 bags? tree →
- Don't forget your school bag! tree →
- We packed the groceries into bags. tree →
- I bought a bag of chips for the trip. tree →
- Plastic bags can hurt sea turtles, so we reuse them. tree →
- Bags the front seat! tree →
- relax, we've got bags of time, bus is at 9 tree →
- We're 3 goals up, the game's in the bag. tree →
- A total of 18 confectionery items is distributed equally among 3 receptacles; determine the contents of each receptacle. tree →
- These are magic bags which never grow empty. tree →
note
A container is not a clue by itself. Trap: «N bags, each has M» is multiply, «puts … equally into N bags» is divide, and «a box has … a bag has … how many fewer» is subtract. Count the things in the bags, not the bags, unless the question asks for bags. «bags of time» is a lot of time, not a number of bags; «in the bag» means sure to win. «Bags!» is a claim, like «dibs». «a receptacle» in an exam is just a container.
In the corpora
- Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.
- 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'
- He hath taken the bag of money with him; he will come home at the full moon.'
- A just balance and scales are the LORD'S; all the weights of the bag are His work.
- My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bag» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.