sack
1. a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
poke, paper bag, carrier bag
• Hypernyms:
bag
• Hyponyms:
doggie bag, doggy bag, grocery bag
2. a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
• Syn:
chemise, shift
• Hypernyms:
dress, frock
3. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• Syn:
dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation,
release, sacking
• Derivationally related forms:
sack (for: sacking), fire (for: firing), discharge (for: discharge), dismiss (for: dismission), dismiss (for: dismissal)
• Hypernyms:
termination, ending, conclusion
• Hyponyms:
superannuation, conge, congee, removal, deactivation,
inactivation, honorable discharge, dishonorable discharge, Section Eight
4. a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees);
swings easily
• Syn:
hammock
• Hypernyms:
bed
5. an enclosed space
- the trapped miners found a pocket of air
• Syn:
pouch, sac, pocket
• Hypernyms:
cavity, enclosed space
6. the quantity contained in a sack
• Syn:
sackful
• Hypernyms:
containerful
7. any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
• Hypernyms:
white wine
8. a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
• Syn:
sacque
• Hypernyms:
jacket
9. the plundering of a place by an army or mob;
usually involves destruction and slaughter
- the sack of Rome
• Hypernyms:
plundering, pillage, pillaging
1. plunder (a town) after capture (Freq. 1)
- the barbarians sacked Rome
• Syn:
plunder
• Derivationally related forms:
plunderer (for: plunder), plunder (for: plunder), plunderage (for: plunder), plundering (for: plunder)
• Hypernyms:
take
• Entailment:
destroy, ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. terminate the employment of;
discharge from an office or position
- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
• Syn:
displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss,
give the axe, send away, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Ant:
hire (for: fire)
• Derivationally related forms:
sacking, dismissible (for: dismiss), dismission (for: dismiss), dismissal (for: dismiss), firing (for: fire)
• Hypernyms:
remove
• Hyponyms:
retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off,
squeeze out, dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the sack)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the axe)
3. make as a net profit
- The company cleared $1 million
• Syn:
net, sack up, clear
• Hypernyms:
profit, gain, benefit
• Verb Group:
gain, take in, clear, make, earn,
realize, realise, pull in, bring in, net
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. put in a sack
- The grocer sacked the onions
• See Also:
sack up
• Hypernyms:
encase, incase, case
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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