| sack | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. carrier bag, paper bag, poke, sack | a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases. |
| ~ bag | a flexible container with a single opening.; "he stuffed his laundry into a large bag" |
| ~ doggie bag, doggy bag | a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog. |
| ~ grocery bag | a sack for holding customer's groceries. |
| n. (shape) | 2. pocket, pouch, sac, sack | an enclosed space.; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air" |
| ~ enclosed space, cavity | space that is surrounded by something. |
| n. (quantity) | 3. sack, sackful | the quantity contained in a sack. |
| ~ containerful | the quantity that a container will hold. |
| n. (food) | 4. sack | any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry). |
| ~ white wine | pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. sack, sacque | a woman's full loose hiplength jacket. |
| ~ jacket | a short coat. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. hammock, sack | a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily. |
| ~ bed | a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep.; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. chemise, sack, shift | a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist. |
| ~ dress, frock | a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice. |
| n. (act) | 8. sack | the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter.; "the sack of Rome" |
| ~ pillaging, plundering, pillage | the act of stealing valuable things from a place.; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors" |
| n. (act) | 9. discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart). |
| ~ superannuation | the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension). |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ conge, congee | an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal. |
| ~ removal | dismissal from office. |
| ~ deactivation, inactivation | breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges). |
| ~ honorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record. |
| ~ dishonorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder). |
| ~ section eight | a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable. |
| v. (possession) | 10. plunder, sack | plunder (a town) after capture.; "the barbarians sacked Rome" |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| ~ take | take by force.; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
| v. (social) | 11. can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate | terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" |
| ~ retire | make (someone) retire.; "The director was retired after the scandal" |
| ~ pension off | let go from employment with an attractive pension.; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" |
| ~ clean out | force out.; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers" |
| ~ furlough, lay off | dismiss, usually for economic reasons.; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" |
| ~ squeeze out | force out.; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" |
| ~ remove | remove from a position or an office. |
| ~ send away, send packing, dismiss, drop | stop associating with.; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" |
| v. (possession) | 12. clear, net, sack, sack up | make as a net profit.; "The company cleared $1 million" |
| ~ earn, realise, bring in, pull in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
| ~ benefit, profit, gain | derive a benefit from.; "She profited from his vast experience" |
| ~ net, clear | yield as a net profit.; "This sale netted me $1 million" |
| v. (contact) | 13. sack | put in a sack.; "The grocer sacked the onions" |
| ~ encase, incase, case | enclose in, or as if in, a case.; "my feet were encased in mud" |
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