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Noun sack has 9 senses
- sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag - a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
--1 is a kind of bag
--1 has particulars: doggie bag, doggy bag; grocery bag; shopping bag
- pouch, sac, sack, pocket - an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
--2 is a kind of cavity, enclosed space
- sack, sackful - the quantity contained in a sack
--3 is a kind of containerful
- sack - any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
--4 is a kind of white wine
- sack, sacque - a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
--5 is a kind of jacket
- hammock, sack - a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily
--6 is a kind of bed
- chemise, sack, shift - a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
--7 is a kind of dress, frock
- sack - the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome"
--8 is a kind of plundering, pillage, pillaging
- dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
--9 is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
--9 has particulars:
Verb sack has 4 senses
- sack, plunder - plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
--1 is one way to take
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate - terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
--2 is one way to remove
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- net, sack, sack up, clear - make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
--3 is one way to profit, gain, benefit
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- sack - put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions"
--4 is one way to encase, incase, case
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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