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Meaning of 'sack'
Meaning of 'sack' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Sack 
[ n.]
- A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines. [ n.]- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
- See 2d Sac, 2.
- Bed.
- The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.
2. Sack [ v. t.]
- To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn. [ v. t.]- To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
- To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.
Meaning of 'sack' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. sack [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
- the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
Example in sentence:
- the sack of Rome
Meaning (2):
- an enclosed space
- an enclosed space
Example in sentence:
- the trapped miners found a pocket of air
2. sack [ v]
[ v]Meaning (3):
- plunder (a town) after capture
- plunder (a town) after capture
Example in sentence:
- the barbarians sacked Rome
Meaning (4):
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
Example in sentence:
- The boss fired his secretary today;
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
Meaning (5):
- make as a net profit
- make as a net profit
Example in sentence:
- The company cleared $1 million
Meaning (6):
- put in a sack
- put in a sack
Example in sentence:
- The grocer sacked the onions
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