# bagging

Pronunciation: say "BAG-ing" /ˈbæɡɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act of placing something into a bag.
   - Simple: The act of putting things into bags or sacks.
   - _The bagging of the order was handled by a new employee on his first shift._
   - _Proper bagging prevents loose items from spilling during transport._
3. Cloth or other material used for making bags.
   - Simple: Cloth or other strong material used to make bags.
   - _The merchant ordered several rolls of bagging for the cotton harvest._
   - _Workers stitched the bagging into sturdy sacks for the grain._
4. The pursuit of reaching the summits of as many named peaks as possible, often working through a checklist. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The hobby of trying to climb as many named mountain tops as you can.
   - _His weekends revolved around bagging every named peak in the range._
   - _Bagging the highest summits in each county gave her a clear goal every year._
5. A machine learning technique that improves accuracy and stability by training many models on random samples of the data and combining their predictions.
   - Simple: A way to make a computer's predictions more accurate by combining results from many models.
   - _The data scientists applied bagging to reduce the variance of their decision-tree model._
   - _Bagging combines hundreds of weak learners into a single stronger predictor._
6. The technique of ventilating a patient by squeezing a bag-valve-mask device to push air into the lungs.
   - Simple: Helping someone breathe by squeezing air into their lungs with a hand-held bag and mask.
   - _Effective bagging requires a tight seal between the mask and the patient's face._
   - _The team switched to bagging when the ventilator failed mid-procedure._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of bag. — present participle and gerund of bag
   - Simple: Present participle of bag. Use this form for an action happening now, often after 'is' or 'are'.
   - _Volunteers are bagging sand to hold back the rising river._
   - _He spent the morning bagging apples at the orchard stand._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bagging (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).