bag betydelse and definition

Betydelse av bag på svenska

• 0 a soft container made out of paper or thin plastic, and open at the top, used to hold foods and other goods:

  • a paper/plastic bag

  • a bag of apples/nuts

  • Don't eat that whole bag of (= the amount the bag contains) sweets at once.

  • She pulled a pen and notepad out of her bag and started jotting down information.

  • I hadn't even packed my bags (= put the things I need in suitcases/bags).

  • a shopping bag

• 1 a place on a website where you collect the names of things you intend to buy from the website:

  • Simply add the item to your bag, and proceed to checkout as normal.

• 2 a rude and insulting name for a woman, especially an older one:

  • Silly old bag!

• 3 trousers with a wide and loose style:

  • Oxford bags

• 4 to put something in a bag:

  • Shall I bag (up) those tomatoes for you?

• 5 to get something before other people have a chance to take it:

  • [ + two objects ] Bag us some decent seats/Bag some decent seats for us if you get there first, won't you?

• 6 to win sth, especially a prize:

  • He's the bookies' favourite to bag an Oscar.

  • He is eager to bag his fifth victory of the season.

• 7 to hunt and kill an animal or bird

• 8 to reach the top of a mountain:

  • We bagged three summits in one day.

• 9 to hang loosely like a bag:

  • I hate these trousers - they bag (out) at the back.

• 10 to not use something that you have, and use something else instead:

  • Bag that old gray sweater, and wear something more colorful.

• 11 to criticize or laugh at someone or something in an unkind way:

  • Stop bagging her (out) - she's doing her best.

• 12 a container of paper or light plastic that is open at the top, used esp. to hold things you have bought:

  • a grocery/shopping bag

• 13 a container of leather, hard plastic, or cloth material with a top that can be closed, for carrying clothes or other objects, esp. when you are traveling; a suitcase:

  • You can leave your bags in the hotel room, and I’ll send someone up for them later.

  • I carry a large shoulder bag.

• 14 to hunt and capture or kill an animal or bird:

  • Only 15 percent of last year’s hunters actually bagged a deer.

• 15 to put items in a bag:

  • I’ll bag your groceries for you.

• 16 if something is in the bag, you are certain to get it or to achieve it:

  • The company goes into the year with 75% of its expected revenues already in the bag.

• 17 to be made responsible for something that was really the fault of somebody else:

  • He quit the company and we were left holding the bag for the bad decisions he'd made.