| Sounds | sae'k | |
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| Rhymes | aback ... zodiac: 126 rhymes with aek... | |
| Meaning | A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases. | |
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| Synonyms | poke, paper bag, carrier bag | |
| Narrower | doggie bag, doggy bag | A bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant |
| grocery bag | A sack for holding customer's groceries | |
| Broader | bag | A flexible container with a single opening |
| Spanish | bolsa | |
| Catalan | bossa de paper, bossa de plàstic, bossa | |
| Verbs | sack | put in a sack |
| Meaning | An enclosed space. | |
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| Synonyms | pouch, sac, pocket | |
| Broader | cavity, enclosed space | Space that is surrounded by something |
| Spanish | bolsa, bolsillo, saco | |
| Meaning | The quantity contained in a sack. | |
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| Synonym | sackful | |
| Broader | containerful | The quantity that a container will hold |
| Spanish | saco, talega | |
| Catalan | sac | |
| Verbs | sack | put in a sack |
| Meaning | Any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry). | |
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| Broader | white wine | pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation |
| Meaning | A woman's full loose hiplength jacket. | |
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| Synonym | sacque | |
| Broader | jacket | A short coat |
| Meaning | A hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily. | |
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| Synonym | hammock | |
| Broader | bed | A piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep |
| Spanish | hamaca, hamaca paraguaya | |
| Catalan | hamaca | |
| Meaning | A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. | |
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| Synonyms | chemise, shift | |
| Broader | dress, frock | A one-piece garment for a woman |
| Meaning | The plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter. | |
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| Example | "the sack of Rome" | |
| Broader | plundering, pillage, pillaging | The act of stealing valuable things from a place |
| Verbs | sack | plunder (a town) after capture |
| Meaning | The termination of someone's employment / employment (leaving them free to depart). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sacking | |
| Narrower | Section Eight | A discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable |
| conge, congee | An abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | |
| deactivation, inactivation | Breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) | |
| dishonorable discharge | A discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) | |
| honorable discharge | A discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record | |
| removal | dismissal from office | |
| superannuation | The act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) | |
| Broader | termination, ending, conclusion | The act of ending something |
| Spanish | cese, despedida, despido, destitución, liberación | |
| Catalan | acomiadament, destitució | |
| Verbs | sack | terminate the employment of |
| Meaning | plunder (a town) after capture. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the barbarians sacked Rome" | |
| Synonym | plunder | |
| Entails | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Broader | take | Take by force |
| Spanish | pillar, saquear | |
| Catalan | pillar, saquejar | |
| Nouns | sack | the plundering of a place by an army or mob |
| Meaning | Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonyms | displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, force out, give the sack, terminate | |
| Narrower | clean out | Force out |
| dismiss, send packing, send away, drop | stop associating with | |
| furlough, lay off | dismiss, usually for economic reasons | |
| pension off | let go from employment with an attractive pension | |
| retire | make (someone) retire | |
| squeeze out | Force out | |
| Broader | remove | Remove from a position or an office |
| Opposite | hire, engage, employ | Engage or hire for work |
| Spanish | dar aviso, dejar cesante, despachar, despedir, destituir, echar, exonerar, finiquitar, poder | |
| Catalan | acomiadar, despedir, destituir, fer fora | |
| Nouns | sack, sacking | the termination of someone's employment / employment (leaving them free to depart) |
| Meaning | make as a net profit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | net, sack up, clear | |
| Broader | profit, gain, benefit | derive a benefit from |
| Similar to | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction |
| net, clear | Yield as a net profit | |
| Spanish | despedir, ganar neto, liquidar | |
| Meaning | put in a sack. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The grocer sacked the onions" | |
| Broader | encase, incase, case | enclose in, or as if in, a case |
| See also | sack up | make as a net profit |
| Spanish | ensacar | |
| Catalan | ensacar | |
| Nouns | sack | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases |
| sack | the quantity contained in a sack | |
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