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Bag vs Pick_up - What's the difference?

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Bag is a related term of pick_up.


As nouns the difference between bag and pick_up

is that bag is a flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc while pick_up is .

As verbs the difference between bag and pick_up

is that bag is to put into a bag while pick_up is (lb) to lift; to grasp and raise.

bag

English

(wikipedia bag)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.
  • (label) A handbag
  • A suitcase.
  • A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
  • One’s preference.
  • (label) An ugly woman.
  • (label) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
  • (label) First, second, or third base.
  • (label) A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
  • (label) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
  • A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
  • A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament.
  • The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
  • A scrotum.
  • (label) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
  • Synonyms

    * (flexible container) poke (obsolete), sack, tote * (handbag) handbag, purse (US) * (preference) cup of tea, thing * (ugly woman) dog, hag * (in mathematics) multiset

    Hyponyms

    * (flexible container) bindle

    Verb

    (bagg)
  • To put into a bag.
  • To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
  • To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
  • (label) To furnish or load with a bag.
  • * Dryden
  • To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
  • To laugh uncontrollably.
  • To criticise sarcastically.
  • (label) To provide artificial ventilation with a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
  • To swell or hang down like a full bag.
  • To swell with arrogance.
  • (Chaucer)
  • To become pregnant.
  • Derived terms

    {{der3, airbag, air bag , bagboy , baggage , bagger , baggy , bag lady , bag lunch , bag of bones , bag of tricks , bag snatcher , beanbag , binbag , carrier bag , clutch bag , dilly bag , dime bag , doggy bag , double bagger , douche bag , dumb as a bag of hammers , face like a bag of spanners , handbag , gladstone bag , goody bag, goodie bag , grab bag , holdall, carryall, tote, tote bag , in the bag , kitbag , let the cat out of the bag , mixed bag , moneybag , overnight bag , paper bag , plastic bag , schoolbag , shopping bag , shoulder bag , sickbag , sleeping bag , teabag , toolbag , windbag}}

    Descendants

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    Anagrams

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    pick_up

    English

    Verb

  • (lb) To lift; to grasp and raise.
  • :
  • To collect an object, especially in passing.
  • :
  • *
  • *:"I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make," said Jim, "but I was at Winchester and New College." ¶ "That will do," said Mackenzie. "I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. Then I ran away and sold papers in the streets, and anything else that I could pick up a few coppers by—except steal."
  • To clean up; to return to an organized state.
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  • *1967 , (Beverly Cleary), (Mitch and Amy) , 2009 edition, ISBN 9780688108069, p.28:
  • *:The floor was strewn with bright snips of origami paper, a crumpled drawing, and one dirty sock, which Amy now shoved under the bed with her foot. ¶ "You're lucky," said Marla. "My mother makes me pick up my room every single day."
  • (lb) To collect a passenger.
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  • (lb) To collect and detain (a suspect).
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  • (lb) To improve, increase or speed up.
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  • (lb) To restart or resume.
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  • *2012 July 18, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises
  • *:Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.
  • (lb) To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.
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  • (lb) To receive (a radio signal or the like).
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  • To notice, detect or discern, often used with "on".
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  • (lb) To point out (a person's behaviour, habits or actions) in a critical manner.
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  • To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
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  • To answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.
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  • To pay for.
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  • To reduce the despondency of.
  • *1973 (released 1974), (Lynard Skynyrd), (Sweet Home Alabama)
  • *:they pick' me ' up when I'm feeling blue
  • To take control (physically) of something.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Chris Whyatt, work=BBC
  • , title= Chelsea 1-0 Bolton , passage=Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance.}}
  • (lb) To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 18, author=David Dulin, work=BBC
  • , title= Cardiff 0-2 Stoke , passage=And soon after, no-one picked up Shotton who was free to power a 12-yard header over from another Pennant corner, before Pennant sent a free kick straight at Cardiff keeper Tom Heaton.}}
  • To record, to notch up.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Tom Rostance, work=BBC Sport
  • , title= Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos , passage=And the home side survived without any late scares to pick up the first win of their Group F campaign.}}

    Noun

  • Derived terms

    * pick up artist * pick up joint * pick up line * pick up on * pick up stitches * pick up truck * pick up what someone is putting down English phrasal verbs