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Definition of 'Sack'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sack
a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.

2.  sack
the amount a sack holds.

3.  sack
a bag:
a sack of candy.

4.  sack
Slang. dismissal, as from a job:
to get the sack.

5.  sack
Slang. bed.

6.  sack
a loose-fitting dress, esp. one fashionable in the late 17th–18th century.

7.  sack
a loose-fitting coat, jacket, or cape.

8.  sack
Baseball. a base.

9. (v.t.) sack
to put into a sack or sacks.

10.  sack
Football. to tackle (the quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before the quarterback is able to throw a pass.

11.  sack
Slang. to dismiss or discharge, as from a job.

12.  sack
Slang. to go to bed; fall asleep.

13. (v.t.) sack
to pillage or loot (a place) after capture; plunder.

14. (n.) sack
the plundering of a captured place:
the sack of Troy.

15. (n.) sack
a strong white wine formerly imported by England from Spain and the Canary Islands.

Etymology: (1525–35; < F (vin) sec dry (wine) < L siccus dry; cf. sec)

Definition of 'Sack'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

2. (noun) pouch, sac, sack, pocket
an enclosed space
"the trapped miners found a pocket of air"

3. (noun) sack, sackful
the quantity contained in a sack

4. (noun) sack
any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

5. (noun) sack, sacque
a woman's full loose hiplength jacket

6. (noun) hammock, sack
a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily

7. (noun) chemise, sack, shift
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

8. (noun) sack
the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
"the sack of Rome"

9. (verb) dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

10. (verb) sack, plunder
plunder (a town) after capture
"the barbarians sacked Rome"

11. (verb) displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
"The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

12. (verb) net, sack, sack up, clear
make as a net profit
"The company cleared $1 million"

13. (verb) sack
put in a sack
"The grocer sacked the onions"

Definition of 'Sack'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) sack
a large cloth bag
a sack of wheat

2. sack
get the sack/give sb the sack
to be dismissed or dismiss sb from a job

3. (verb) sack
to dismiss sb from a job

Definition of 'Sack'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Sack
a name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines

2. (noun) Sack
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

3. (noun) Sack
a measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels

4. (noun) Sack
originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack

5. (noun) Sack
a sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam

6. (noun) Sack
see 2d Sac, 2

7. (noun) Sack
bed

8. (noun) Sack
the pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage

9. (verb) Sack
to put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn

10. (verb) Sack
to bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders

11. (verb) Sack
to plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage

Translation of 'Sack'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a large bag of coarse cloth, strong paper or plastic The potatoes were put into sacks.
Afrikaans: sak	Arabic: كيس كَبير	Bulgarian: чувал
Brazilian: sacola	Czech: pytel	German: der Sack
Danish: sæk	Greek: σάκος, τσουβάλι	Spanish: saco
Estonian: (suur) kott	Farsi: كيسه	Finnish: säkki
French: sac	Hebrew: שָׂק	Hindi: बोरा, बोरी
Croatian: vreća, kesa	Hungarian: zsák	Indonesian: karung
Icelandic: poki	Italian: sacco	Japanese: 大袋
Korean: 부대	Lithuanian: maišas	Latvian: maiss
Malay: pundi; kantung	Dutch: zak	Norwegian: sekk; pose
Polish: worek	Persian: كيسه	Pashto: بوجی
Portuguese: saco	Romanian: sac	Russian: мешок
Slovak: vrece	Slovenian: vreča	Serbian: vreća
Swedish: säck	Thai: กระสอบ	Turkish: çuval, torba
Taiwanese: 寬口大粗布袋，硬紙袋或塑膠袋	Ukrainian: мішок, лантух	Urdu: بوری
Vietnamese: bao tải	Chinese: 麻袋，硬纸袋
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