Sack
[sæk]
Definition
(noun.) the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; 'the sack of Rome'.
(noun.) a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases.
(noun.) a woman's full loose hiplength jacket.
(noun.) any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry).
(noun.) the quantity contained in a sack.
(verb.) put in a sack; 'The grocer sacked the onions'.
(verb.) plunder (a town) after capture; 'the barbarians sacked Rome'.
Typist: Sadie--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
(n.) See 2d Sac, 2.
(n.) Bed.
(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.
(n.) The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.
(v. t.) To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bag, pouch.[2]. Spoliation, destruction, desolation, devastation, havoc, waste, ravage.[3]. Sherry, sherry wine.
v. a. Ravage, despoil, devastate, spoil, destroy, plunder, pillage, rifle, ransack, lay waste, take by storm.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Plunder, pillage, ravage, waste, spoil
ANT:Spare, indemnify, protect, preserve
Typist: Shelby
Definition
n. a large bag of coarse cloth for holding grain flour &c.: the contents of a sack: (also Sacque) a woman's gown loose at the back a short coat rounded at the bottom: a measure of varying capacity.—v.t. to put into a sack: (slang) to dismiss.—ns. Sack′-bear′er any bombycid moth of the family Psychid; Sack′cloth cloth for sacks: coarse cloth formerly worn in mourning or penance.—adj. Sack′clothed.—ns. Sacked′-frī′ar a monk who wore a coarse upper garment called a saccus; Sack′er a machine for filling sacks; Sack′-fil′ter a bag-filter; Sack′ful as much as a sack will hold; Sack′-hoist a continuous hoist for raising sacks in warehouses; Sack′ing coarse cloth or canvas for sacks bed-bottoms &c.; Sack′-pack′er in milling a machine for automatically filling a flour-sack; Sack′-race a race in which the legs of competitors are encased in sacks.—Get the sack to be dismissed or rejected; Give the sack to dismiss.
n. the old name of a dry Spanish wine of the sherry genus the favourite drink of Falstaff.—n. Sack′-poss′et posset made with sack.—Burnt sack mulled sack.
v.t. to plunder: to ravage.—n. the plunder or devastation of a town: pillage.—ns. Sack′age; Sack′ing the storming and pillaging of a town.—adj. bent on pillaging.—Sack and fork (Scot.) the power of drowning and hanging.
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Examples
- It would pay him to get apiece of his head taken off, and cultivate a wen like a carpet sack. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At the risk of all that he might suffer, Tom came forward again, and put all the cotton in his sack into the woman's. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Have you the sack of pans for the _m醧uina? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Have had a little conversation on this matter more than once since you-- Say, got the sack! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A workman from one of these, on reaching home, purchased a sack of coal and set it up against the back door. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The porter carried the sack. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- These cirripedes have no branchiae, the whole surface of the body and of the sack, together with the small frena, serving for respiration. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The leader of the Gauls who sacked Rome was named Brennus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They took and sacked Rome (390 B.C.). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was him that sacked me without a character on the word of a lying corn-chandler. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So far as the imperial forces were concerned, he had things all his own way, and he sacked most of the towns of France as far south as Orleans. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was as if the tranquil sanctuary of my boyhood had been sacked before my face, and its peace and honour given to the winds. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Alva murdered, sacked, and massacred--in vain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Anatolian peninsula had been ploughed and harrowed by the Persian armies; the great cities had been plundered and sacked. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thou to look after my sacks, too, he said to Pilar. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In this part of the country his load is oftenest in the shape of colossal sacks--one on each side. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Move those two sacks to where they will be safe, will you? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Thus addressing Oliver, he helped him into the cart; and the driver, pointing to a heap of sacks, told him to lie down there, and rest himself. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I go to get what is left of my sacks and go back to bed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Bring the sacks, he shouted to Anselmo as he walked backwards. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Several rough beds made of old sacks, were huddled side by side on the floor. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I wish I had the sacking of your town; I would repay you, my children! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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