Monday, November 9, 2009

the word for 09.11.09 is BAG

The word today is BAG. Hundreds of ways to do the word bag. If you read the dictionary description for the word bag, you will see there are an awful lot o of ways to photograph this word!. The image l have for today is one l saw outside a pub. I wonder if the woman who owed this bag realised it went wonderfully with the green stained chair and tables?!


bag |bag|nouna container of flexible material with an opening at the top, used for carrying things brown paper bags a shopping bag.• an amount held by such a container bag of apples.• a thing resembling a bag in shape this year's sweater is a big bag of natural Shetland.• a woman's handbag or purse.• a piece of luggage she began to unpack her bags.• Baseball a base.• ( bags) informal chiefly Brit. plenty of something I had bags of energy.the amount of game shot by a hunter.(usu. bags) a loose fold of skin under a person's eye the bags under his eyes gave him a sad appearance.a sac in an animal, such as the udder of a cow.informal derogatory a woman, esp. an older one, perceived as unpleasant, bad-tempered, or unattractive an interfering old bag.( one's bag) informal one's particular interest or taste if religion and politics are your bag, you'll find something to interest you here.verb ( bagged |bøgd|bagging |bøgɪŋ|) [ trans. ]put (something) in a bag customers bagged their own groceries we bagged up the apples.(of a hunter) succeed in killing or catching an animal in 1979, handgun hunters bagged 677 deer.• figurative succeed in securing (something) we've bagged three awards for excellence.• informal take, occupy, or reserve (something) before someone else can do so get there early to bag a seat in the front row.[ intrans. (of clothes, esp. pants) hang loosely or lose shape these trousers never bag at the knee.• swell or bulge.quit; give up on it was a drag to be in the ninth grade at 17, so he bagged it.PHRASESbag and baggage with all one's belongings he threw her out bag and baggage.a bag of bones an emaciated person or animal the pony is just a bag of bones.a bag (or whole bag) of tricks informal a set of ingenious plans, techniques, or resources hoteliers are using a whole new bag of tricks to keep their guests on the premises.be left holding the bag see hold .in the bag informal (of something desirable) as good as secured the election is in the bag. drunk I don't think my parents even suspected that I washalf in the bag.DERIVATIVESbagful |-ˌfoŏl| |ˈbøgˈfʊl| noun ( pl. -fuls).ORIGIN Middle English : perhaps from Old Norse baggi.

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