English to English
sack
(s/&/k
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noun (n)
- a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)(noun.food)source: wordnet30
- a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter(noun.act)Example:
The sack of Rome.
source: wordnet30 - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.(noun)source: webster1913
- A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.(noun)source: webster1913
- The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- plunder (a town) after capture(verb.possession)Example:
The barbarians sacked Rome.
source: wordnet30 - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position(verb.social)Synonym:
can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, send away, terminate
Antonym:
employ, engage, hiresource: wordnet30 - put in a sack(verb.contact)Example:
The grocer sacked the onions.
source: wordnet30 - To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.(verb)source: webster1913
- To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.(verb)source: webster1913