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bag
A	noun
	1	cup of tea, bag, dish
			an activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚cup of tea, bag, dish
	2	udder, bag
			mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚organ ╚gland; secretory organ; secretor; secreter ╚exocrine gland; duct gland ╚mammary gland; mamma ╚udder, bag
	3	bag
			a flexible container with a single opening; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚container ╚bag ╚golf bag ╚gamebag ╚envelope; gasbag ╚dust bag; vacuum bag ╚drawstring bag ╚carryall; holdall; tote; tote bag ╚burn bag ╚book bag ╚body bag; personnel pouch; human remains pouch ╚bladder ╚beanbag ╚backpack; back pack; knapsack; packsack; rucksack; haversack ╚air bag
	4	bag, traveling bag, grip, suitcase
			a portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes; "he carried his small bag onto the plane with him"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚container ╚case ╚baggage; luggage ╚bag, traveling bag, grip, suitcase ╚weekender ╚portmanteau; Gladstone; Gladstone bag ╚overnighter; overnight bag; overnight case ╚gripsack ╚garment bag ╚carpetbag
	5	bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse
			a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚container ╚bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse ╚shoulder bag ╚reticule ╚evening bag ╚etui ╚clutch bag
	6	base, bag
			place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚equipment ╚sports equipment; sporting goods ╚baseball equipment ╚base, bag ╚third base; third ╚second base ╚home plate; home base; home; plate ╚first base
	7	bag, old bag
			an ugly or ill-tempered woman; "he was romancing the old bag for her money"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚unwelcome person; persona non grata ╚unpleasant person; disagreeable person ╚unpleasant woman; disagreeable woman ╚bag, old bag
	8	bag
			the quantity of game taken in a particular period (usually by one person); "his bag included two deer"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚indefinite quantity ╚bag
	9	bag, bagful
			the quantity that a bag will hold; "he ate a large bag of popcorn"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚indefinite quantity ╚containerful ╚bag, bagful
B	verb
	1	bag
			capture or kill, as in hunting; "bag a few pheasants"
		Category Tree: get; acquire ╚capture; catch ╚bag
	2	bag
			put into a bag; "The supermarket clerk bagged the groceries"
		Category Tree: touch; adjoin; meet; contact ╚surround; skirt; border ╚enclose; inclose; shut in ╚encase; incase; case ╚pack ╚bag ╚pouch
	3	pocket, bag
			take unlawfully
		Category Tree: take ╚steal ╚pocket, bag
	4	bulge, bag
			bulge out; form a bulge outward, or be so full as to appear to bulge
		Category Tree: stick out; protrude; jut out; jut; project ╚bulge, bag ╚protuberate
	5	bag
			hang loosely, like an empty bag
		Category Tree: change ╚change posture ╚sink; drop; drop down ╚sag; droop; swag; flag ╚bag

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