--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 3 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/4/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **bacteriophage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A virus that infects and kills bacteria; often shortened to «phage».[↗](../../bacteriophage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bacteriophage attacks only bacteria.[↗](../../bacteriophage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bacteriophage looks like a tiny lunar lander.[↗](../../bacteriophage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Phages could help when antibiotics fail.[↗](../../bacteriophage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists found bacteriophages in river water.[↗](../../bacteriophage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A bacteriophage injects its DNA into a bacterium.[↗](../../bacteriophage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our science poster showed a bacteriophage.[↗](../../bacteriophage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bacterium** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bacterium is one tiny living thing made of a single cell, so small you need a microscope to see it.[↗](../../bacterium/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Bacteria (plural) live almost everywhere: in soil, water, air and inside our bodies; some are helpful and some cause illness.[↗](../../bacterium/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bacterium is too small to see without a microscope.[↗](../../bacterium/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Washing your hands with soap removes bacteria.[↗](../../bacterium/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some bacteria help us digest our food.[↗](../../bacterium/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bacteria in milk turn it into yoghurt.[↗](../../bacterium/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Harmful bacteria can grow on raw chicken.[↗](../../bacterium/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep food in the fridge so bacteria grow more slowly.[↗](../../bacterium/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One bacterium can split into two, then four, then eight.[↗](../../bacterium/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Antibiotics can kill bacteria but not viruses.[↗](../../bacterium/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not good; of low quality.[↗](../../bad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "bad weather".[↗](../../bad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Wrong or naughty.[↗](../../bad/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "bad behaviour".[↗](../../bad/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Harmful.[↗](../../bad/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Smoking is bad for you."[↗](../../bad/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Serious or severe.[↗](../../bad/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a bad cut".[↗](../../bad/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Rotten, spoiled.[↗](../../bad/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "The milk has gone bad."[↗](../../bad/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Feeling ill or sorry.[↗](../../bad/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I feel bad about it."[↗](../../bad/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sugar is bad for your teeth.[↗](../../bad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We stayed in because of bad weather.[↗](../../bad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The milk smells bad.[↗](../../bad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I feel bad that I broke your pencil.[↗](../../bad/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He is bad at catching.[↗](../../bad/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a bad cut.[↗](../../bad/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Hitting is bad behaviour.[↗](../../bad/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Not bad for a first try\![↗](../../bad/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Geppetto had a very bad temper.[↗](../../bad/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me.[↗](../../bad/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bad/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said: 'The thing proceedeth from the LORD; we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.[↗](../../bad/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.50, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bad/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be.[↗](../../bad/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.27.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bad/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · 'It is bad, it is bad', saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.[↗](../../bad/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.20.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bad/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And Absalom spoke unto Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.[↗](../../bad/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.13.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bad/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.[↗](../../bad/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.24.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bad/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **baddie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A baddie is a bad person or villain in a story, film or game.[↗](../../baddie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A baddie can be any person or thing seen as the cause of trouble.[↗](../../baddie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baddie in the film had a secret lair.[↗](../../baddie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We played goodies and baddies in the playground.[↗](../../baddie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In fairy tales, the wolf is often the baddie.[↗](../../baddie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baddies got caught at the end.[↗](../../baddie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sugar is sometimes made the baddie of healthy eating.[↗](../../baddie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **bade** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bade means told or ordered someone to do something.[↗](../../bade/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Bade also means said goodbye: bade them farewell.[↗](../../bade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") This is an old use, found in fairy tales.[↗](../../bade/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Ordered or asked someone to do something.[↗](../../bade/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* But the Fairy bade her take courage.[↗](../../bade/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Then they bade each other farewell and separated.[↗](../../bade/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.[↗](../../bade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bade/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade; and it did not rot, neither was there any worm therein.[↗](../../bade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.16.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bade/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · But all the congregation bade stone them with stones, when the glory of the LORD appeared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel.[↗](../../bade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.14.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bade/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai: (Writings EST.4.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bade/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.[↗](../../bade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings RUT.3.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bade/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him; he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.[↗](../../bade/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.11.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bade/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.[↗](../../bade/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.17, JPS 1917) · But the Fairy bade her take courage.[↗](../../bade/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (The Red Fairy Book) · And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me.[↗](../../bade/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917) **badge** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small piece of metal, plastic or cloth with a picture or words on it, worn to show who you are, what you belong to or what you have done.[↗](../../badge/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sign of something.[↗](../../badge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a badge of honour".[↗](../../badge/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I earned my swimming badge today.[↗](../../badge/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum sewed the badge on my uniform.[↗](../../badge/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police officer showed her badge.[↗](../../badge/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone at the meeting wore a name badge.[↗](../../badge/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scouts collect badges for new skills.[↗](../../badge/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He wears his captain's badge proudly.[↗](../../badge/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Obliged to dismount, Hako was about to rush at his antagonist, when Eiko, as quick as lightning, tore from his breast the badge of commandership and galloped away.[↗](../../badge/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **badger** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A badger is a wild animal with grey fur, short legs and a black and white striped face that lives in tunnels underground and comes out at night.[↗](../../badger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To badger someone means to keep asking them again and again for something until they get annoyed.[↗](../../badger/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A badger dug a hole under our fence.[↗](../../badger/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Badgers come out at night to look for worms.[↗](../../badger/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A badger's home is called a sett.[↗](../../badger/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw a badger's black and white face in the torchlight.[↗](../../badger/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop badgering me about the ice cream\![↗](../../badger/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother badgered Mum until she said yes.[↗](../../badger/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The American badger lives in open grasslands.[↗](../../badger/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Old father badger was a great hunter.[↗](../../badger/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And the rock-badger, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.[↗](../../badger/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../badger/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags; (Writings PRO.30.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../badger/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **badly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Badly means in a bad, poor or wrong way: «He played badly».[↗](../../badly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Badly means seriously or very much: «badly hurt», «I badly want a dog».[↗](../../badly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I slept badly last night.[↗](../../badly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He was badly hurt in the fall.[↗](../../badly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We played badly in the first half.[↗](../../badly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She badly wanted to win.[↗](../../badly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The window was badly broken.[↗](../../badly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't treat animals badly.[↗](../../badly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The party went badly because of the rain.[↗](../../badly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They behaved badly at the cinema.[↗](../../badly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Oh, my brother, I have indeed done badly.”[↗](../../badly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **badminton** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A game in which players use light rackets to hit a shuttlecock over a high net.[↗](../../badminton/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We played badminton in PE today.[↗](../../badminton/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You hit a shuttlecock, not a ball, in badminton.[↗](../../badminton/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad and I play doubles badminton on Saturdays.[↗](../../badminton/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A badminton game is to 21 points.[↗](../../badminton/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The badminton net is higher than a tennis net.[↗](../../badminton/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She keeps her badminton racket in her locker.[↗](../../badminton/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **badness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The state of being bad; poor quality or evil.[↗](../../badness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill-favoured and lean-fleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness.[↗](../../badness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.41.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../badness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **baffle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To baffle someone is to puzzle them so they cannot understand or work out what to do.[↗](../../baffle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To baffle a plan is to stop it working, to foil it.[↗](../../baffle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Medea at once took measures to baffle them.[↗](../../baffle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The riddle baffled all the clever men.[↗](../../baffle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle baffled me for an hour.[↗](../../baffle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **baffled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Completely confused, not able to understand or explain something.[↗](../../baffled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (past form of baffle) Made someone confused.[↗](../../baffled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was baffled by the last maths question.[↗](../../baffled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective was baffled by the missing key.[↗](../../baffled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists were baffled by the strange light in the sky.[↗](../../baffled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The magic trick left everyone baffled.[↗](../../baffled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad looked baffled when I explained the video game.[↗](../../baffled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her answer baffled the whole class.[↗](../../baffled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle baffled us for an hour.[↗](../../baffled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bag is a soft container you carry things in, made of paper, plastic, cloth or leather.[↗](../../bag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A bag is the amount a bag holds: a bag of sweets.[↗](../../bag/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To bag something is to put it in a bag, or to grab it for yourself.[↗](../../bag/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* I bagged the front seat.[↗](../../bag/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (casual) «Bags» (UK, Ireland, Australia) or «dibs» (US) claims something first: «Bags the window seat!».[↗](../../bag/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (casual) «Bags of» means lots of: bags of time.[↗](../../bag/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") «Not my bag» means not what I like.[↗](../../bag/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (casual, Australia, NZ) To bag someone is to criticise them or make fun of them.[↗](../../bag/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (rude) «Old bag» is a nasty name for an older woman; do not use it.[↗](../../bag/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* (formal) The exam voice says «receptacle», «container», «sack», «parcel».[↗](../../bag/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are 3 bags.[↗](../../bag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Each bag has 4 stamps.[↗](../../bag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A box has 20 balloons and a bag has 19 balloons.[↗](../../bag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rita puts 18 sweets equally into 3 bags.[↗](../../bag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each bag holds 5 oranges.[↗](../../bag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") How many oranges are in 6 bags?[↗](../../bag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't forget your school bag\![↗](../../bag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We packed the groceries into bags.[↗](../../bag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · I bought a bag of chips for the trip.[↗](../../bag/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Plastic bags can hurt sea turtles, so we reuse them.[↗](../../bag/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Bags the front seat\![↗](../../bag/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · relax, we've got bags of time, bus is at 9[↗](../../bag/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · We're 3 goals up, the game's in the bag.[↗](../../bag/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · A total of 18 confectionery items is distributed equally among 3 receptacles; determine the contents of each receptacle.[↗](../../bag/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · These are magic bags which never grow empty.[↗](../../bag/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.[↗](../../bag/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.25.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bag/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and Thou heapest up mine iniquity.[↗](../../bag/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.14.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bag/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights?'[↗](../../bag/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.6.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bag/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.[↗](../../bag/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bag/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") **bagel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ring-shaped bread roll with a hole in the middle, boiled before it is baked, so it is chewy.[↗](../../bagel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast.[↗](../../bagel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bakery sells bagels for 1 dollar each.[↗](../../bagel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad toasted two bagels.[↗](../../bagel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A bag of 6 bagels costs 4 dollars.[↗](../../bagel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She cut the bagel in half.[↗](../../bagel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Sesame bagels are my favourite.[↗](../../bagel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bagful** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bagful is as much as a bag will hold.[↗](../../bagful/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Take this bagful of bread-crumbs.[↗](../../bagful/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She took a bagful of jewels and set out alone.[↗](../../bagful/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **baggage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The bags and suitcases you take when you travel.[↗](../../baggage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Worries, bad memories or old problems that a person carries with them from the past (said as a picture).[↗](../../baggage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Bag and baggage means taking everything you own and leaving a place completely.[↗](../../baggage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We collected our baggage from the moving belt.[↗](../../baggage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each passenger may bring one piece of baggage.[↗](../../baggage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not leave your baggage alone at the station.[↗](../../baggage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The baggage was too heavy, so we paid extra.[↗](../../baggage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Go to baggage reclaim after you land.[↗](../../baggage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He carried a lot of baggage from his old school, like worry about being teased.[↗](../../baggage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our baggage arrived on the wrong plane\![↗](../../baggage/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He takes bag and baggage, and, presto! is gone like a letter into the post.[↗](../../baggage/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He is come to Aiath, he is passed through Migron; at Michmas he layeth up his baggage; (Prophets ISA.10.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baggage/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brethren.[↗](../../baggage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.17.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baggage/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore they asked of the LORD further: 'Is there yet a man come hither?'[↗](../../baggage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") And the LORD answered: 'Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.'[↗](../../baggage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.10.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../baggage/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **bagging** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Putting things into bags: «bagging groceries».[↗](../../bagging/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Catching, getting or winning something: «bagging a goal», «bagging the best seat».[↗](../../bagging/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang, US) «Bagging on someone» means making fun of or criticising them.[↗](../../bagging/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (noun) Rough cloth used for making sacks.[↗](../../bagging/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (UK, hiking) Climbing a list of hills: «Munro bagging».[↗](../../bagging/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He's been bagging groceries at the supermarket after school.[↗](../../bagging/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We spent Saturday bagging up autumn leaves.[↗](../../bagging/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She ended up bagging two goals in the match.[↗](../../bagging/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm bagging the front seat\![↗](../../bagging/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They were bagging on my new haircut.[↗](../../bagging/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Uncle Rory is bagging all the Munros in Scotland.[↗](../../bagging/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **baggy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Baggy clothes are big and loose, not tight on your body.[↗](../../baggy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Baggy skin under the eyes hangs loosely, often because someone is tired or old.[↗](../../baggy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Baggy writing or a baggy plan is too long and loose, not tight and clear.[↗](../../baggy/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He likes wearing baggy jeans.[↗](../../baggy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad's T-shirt is baggy on me.[↗](../../baggy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · These trousers are too baggy — I need a belt.[↗](../../baggy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa had baggy eyes after the long flight.[↗](../../baggy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Baggy clothes are comfortable for sleeping.[↗](../../baggy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tuck in baggy trousers when you ride your bike.[↗](../../baggy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The clown wore a baggy suit with big buttons.[↗](../../baggy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her jumper got baggy after she washed it.[↗](../../baggy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bagpipe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The bagpipes are a musical instrument with a bag that the player fills with air and squeezes, and pipes that make a loud, buzzing sound.[↗](../../bagpipe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The piper played the bagpipes at the wedding.[↗](../../bagpipe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You can hear bagpipes from a long way away.[↗](../../bagpipe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bagpipes are famous in Scotland.[↗](../../bagpipe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bagpipe player wore a kilt.[↗](../../bagpipe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ireland and Spain have their own kinds of bagpipe.[↗](../../bagpipe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There they found the ratcatcher playing his bagpipes at the same spot as the evening before.[↗](../../bagpipe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · that at what time ye hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all kinds of music, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up; (Writings DAN.3.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bagpipe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image; (Writings DAN.3.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bagpipe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/2/) **3** [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/4/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/2/) - next →: [page 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/4/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)