different between bag vs collar

English

Etymology

From Middle English bagge, borrowed from Old Norse baggi (“bag, pack, satchel, bundle”), related to Old Norse b?ggr (“harm, shame; load, burden”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *b?ak- (compare Welsh baich (“load, bundle”), Ancient Greek ???????? (bástagma, “load”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?g, IPA^(key): /?bæ?/
• (Southern England, Australia) IPA^(key): /?bæ??/
• (US, some dialects) IPA^(key): /?b??/
• (US, Upper Midwest) IPA^(key): /?be??/,
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

bag (plural bags)

1. A flexible container made of cloth, paper, plastic, etc.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) poke, sack, tote

   Hyponym: bindle

2. (informal) A handbag

   Synonyms: handbag, (US) purse

3. A suitcase.
4. A schoolbag, especially a backpack.
5. (slang) One’s preference.

   Synonyms: cup of tea, thing; see also Thesaurus:predilection

6. (derogatory) An ugly woman.

   Synonyms: dog, hag

7. (LGBT, slang, US, derogatory) A fellow gay man.
8. (baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.

9. (baseball) First, second, or third base.

10. (preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
11. (mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.

    Synonym: multiset
12. A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.

13. (now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
    • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 54:

      [H]e had once lost his bag, and a considerable quantity of hair, which had been cut off by some rascal in his passage through Ludgate, during the lord mayor's procession.

    • 1774, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin 2001, 1 December:

      He had on a suit of Manchester velvet, Lined with white satten, a Bag, lace Ruffles, and a very handsome sword which the King had given to him.

14. The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
15. (slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
16. (Britain) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
17. (chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
18. (slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
19. (MLE, slang) £1000, a grand.
20. (informal) A large number or amount.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Korean: ? (baek)
• Norwegian: bag

Translations

Verb

bag (third-person singular simple present bags, present participle bagging, simple past and past participle bagged)

1. To put into a bag.
2. to take with oneself, to assume into one’s score
   1. (informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
   2. To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
   3. (slang, African American Vernacular) To bring a woman one met on the street with one.
   4. (slang, MLE) To end the being at large of someone, to deprive of somone’s corporeal freedom in the course of a criminal procedure.

      Synonym: nick
3. (transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.

   • a bee bagged with his honeyed venom

   1. (transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
   2. (transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
      • 1985, Sol S. Zimmerman, Joan Holter Gildea, Critical Care Pediatrics (page 205)

        The patient was bagged for a urine analysis and stat electrolytes were drawn.

4. to expose exterior shape or physical behaviour resembling that of a bag
   1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.

   2. To hang like an empty bag.
      • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 3,^[1]

        [...] he was dressed in a badly fitting white drill suit, with trousers bagging concertina-like over clumsy black boots.

      • 2004, Andrea Levy, Small Island, London: Review, Chapter Eleven, p. 125,^[2]

        And this uniform did not even fit me so well. But what is a little bagging on the waist and tightness under the arm when you are a gallant member of the British Royal Air Force?

   3. (nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
   4. (obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.

      (Can we find and add a quotation of Warner. (Alb. Eng.) to this entry?)

5. to show particular puffy emotion
   1. (obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.

      (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

   2. (slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
   3. (Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• -gab-, ABG, AGB, BGA, GAB, GBA, Gab, gab, gab-

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bague.

Noun

bag

1. ring

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• bagu

Etymology

Either of substratum origin or from a Vulgar Latin *beg?, from Late Latin b?g?, from Latin b?ga. Less likely from Greek ???? (vázo, “put in, set on”). May have originally referred to putting animals under a yoke. Compare Romanian b?ga, bag.

Verb

bag (past participle bãgatã or bãgate)

1. I put, place, apply.

Related terms

• bãgari / bãgare
• bãgat
• nibãgat

See also

• pun

Breton

Etymology

Probably tied to Old French bac (“flat boat”), itself of obscure origin.

Noun

bag f

1. boat

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bak n (“back”), from Proto-Germanic *bak?, cognate with Norwegian bak, Swedish bak, English back. The preposition is a shortening of Old Norse á bak (“on the back of”), compare English back from aback, from Old English onbæc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba???/, [?b?æ?j], [?b?æ?], (as a preposition or adverb always) IPA^(key): [?b?æ?]

Noun

bag c (singular definite bagen, plural indefinite bage)

1. (anatomy) behind, bottom, butt, buttocks
2. seat (part of clothing)

Inflection

Synonyms

• (behind): bagdel, ende, røv (informal)
• (seat): buksebag

Preposition

bag

1. behind

Adverb

bag

1. behind

Etymology 2

From the verb to bake

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba???/, [?b?æ?j], [?b?æ?]

Noun

bag n (singular definite baget, plural indefinite bage)

1. (rare) pastry

   Synonym: bagværk

Inflection

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba???/, [?b?æ?j], [?b?æ?]

Verb

bag

1. imperative of bage

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bague (“ring”).

Noun

bag

1. ring

Meriam

Noun

bag

1. cheek

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bagg

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæ?/

Noun

bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bager, definite plural bagene)

1. A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.
2. (on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.

References

• “bag” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• bagg

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi. Doublet of bagge.

Noun

bag m (definite singular bagen, indefinite plural bagar, definite plural bagane)

1. A purse more or less similar to a bag or sack.
2. (on a baby carriage) a detachable part of the carriage to lie on.

References

• “bag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• b?ch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”) Cognate to Old English b?ag

Noun

b?g m

1. a ring

Inflection

Rohingya

Etymology

From Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit ??????? (vy?ghra).

Noun

bag

1. tiger

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ba?]

Verb

bag

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of b?ga

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bag, from Old Norse baggi.

Noun

bag c

1. A kind of large bag; a duffel bag

Declension

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From Meriam bag.

Noun

bag

1. (anatomy, eastern dialect) cheek

Synonyms

• masa (western dialect)

Turkmen

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bag (definite accusative bagy, plural baglar)

1. garden

Welsh

Etymology

From English bag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?/

Noun

bag m (plural bagiau)

1. bag

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “bag”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /pa?k?/
• Tone numbers: bag⁸
• Hyphenation: bag

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From Proto-Tai *bra:kD?”)

Verb

bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ? or ? or ???? or ???? or ? or ???? or ???? or ??? or ???? or ???? or ??? or ?, old orthography bag)

1. to chop; to split
2. (of lightning) to strike
3. to dive; to swoop down
4. to divide
5. to cut across

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ?, old orthography bag)

1. mental illness

Adjective

bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ?, old orthography bag)

1. crazy; mad; insane

   Synonym: vangh

Descendants

• mabag

Verb

bag (Sawndip forms ???? or ??? or ? or ?, old orthography bag)

1. to become crazy; to go mad; to go nuts

   Synonym: vangh

English

Etymology

From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin coll?re, from Latin coll?ris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????? (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?l.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?.l?/, /?k?l.?/
• Rhymes: -?l?(?)
• Homophone: caller (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

collar (plural collars)

1. Anything that encircles the neck.
   1. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

      • It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar.
   2. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
   3. A chain worn around the neck.
   4. A similar detachable item.
   5. A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
   6. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.

   7. A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
   8. (archaic) A hangman's knot.
2. A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.

3. (technology) Any encircling device or structure.
   • Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to (page 356)

     In this case, slide the collar of the flapper over the overflow tube until it seats against the bottom of the flush valve.

   1. (rail transport) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
   2. (architecture) A ring or cincture.
   3. (architecture) A collar beam.
   4. (mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
4. (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
5. (botany) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)

6. A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
7. (nautical) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
8. (slang) An arrest.
9. (finance) A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.

Synonyms

• (botany): collum

Derived terms

Related terms

• accolade

Descendants

• ? Hausa: kwala
• ? Burmese: ?????? (kaula)

Translations

Verb

collar (third-person singular simple present collars, present participle collaring, simple past and past participle collared)

1. (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
2. (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.

   Collar and leash aggressive dogs.

3. (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
4. (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
6. (law enforcement, transitive) To arrest.
7. (figuratively, transitive) To bind in conversation.

   I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.

8. (transitive) To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
9. (transitive, BDSM) To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

Derived terms

• collaring

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Caroll

Asturian

Noun

collar m (plural collares)

1. necklace (jewelry)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ko??a/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ku??a/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko??a?/

Etymology 1

From Late Latin coll?re (“an unattached item worn about the neck”), from Latin coll?ris.

Noun

collar m (plural collars)

1. A collar. (a chain or belt placed around the neck of an animal)
2. A collar. (a solid circle of metal placed around the neck of a slave or prisoner)
3. A collar. (any ornament placed at the neck)
4. (historical) A collar. (a gold chain worn about the neck as a badge of belonging to certain chivalric orders)
5. A necklace.
6. (historical, military) An aventail.
7. A collar. (a ring or loop used to support and protect a rotating shaft)
8. A collar. (a ring or loop used to join together two parts of a shaft or pole)
9. (entomology) A collar. (lobed membranous expansion of the prothorax of some insects)
10. (zoology) A collar. (a band of feathers, fur, or scales about the neck of an animal that is of a contrasting color to what is near it)

Synonyms

• (necklace): collaret

Etymology 2

From the action of securing a yoke around the coll (“neck”) of an animal.

Verb

collar (first-person singular present collo, past participle collat)

1. To join together objects through the use of nuts or bolts.
2. To collar a person or animal.
3. To establish control of a person or animal.
4. To twist. (to pressure someone to do something)
5. To screw. (to tighten a screw)
6. (textiles) To adjust a collador (“heddle”).

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to collar an animal): enjovar, junyir
• (to establish control): sotmetre, subjectar

Further reading

• “collar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “collar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “collar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “collar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin coll?re (“an unattached item worn about the neck”), from Latin coll?ris.

Pronunciation

Noun

collar m (plural collares)

1. necklace
2. an animal's collar, band or chain around its neck

Derived terms

• bandurria de collar

Related terms

• cuello

Further reading

• “collar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.