sack
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
Types & categories
- bag hypernym
- doggie bag hyponym
- grocery bag hyponym
Related & opposite
- sack derivation
Sense 2 verb
plunder (a town) after capture
the barbarians sacked Rome
Types & categories
- take hypernym
Related & opposite
- plunderage derivation
- plundering derivation
- sack derivation
- raider derivation
- pillage derivation
- ruin entails
Sense 3 noun
an enclosed space
the trapped miners found a pocket of air
Types & categories
- enclosed space hypernym
Sense 4 verb
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
The boss fired his secretary today
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
- retire hyponym
- pension off hyponym
- clean out hyponym
- furlough hyponym
- squeeze out hyponym
- send away hyponym
Related & opposite
- hire antonym
- dismission derivation
- dismissible derivation
Sense 5 noun
the quantity contained in a sack
Types & categories
- containerful hypernym
Related & opposite
- sack derivation
Sense 6 verb
make as a net profit
The company cleared $1 million
Types & categories
- benefit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
Types & categories
- white wine hypernym
Sense 8 verb
put in a sack
The grocer sacked the onions
Types & categories
- encase hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
Types & categories
- jacket hypernym
Sense 10 noun
a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swings easily
Types & categories
- bed hypernym
Sense 11 noun
a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
Types & categories
- dress hypernym
Sense 12 noun
the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter
the sack of Rome
Types & categories
- plundering hypernym
Related & opposite
- sack derivation
Sense 13 noun
the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Types & categories
- ending hypernym
- superannuation hyponym
- conge hyponym
- removal hyponym
- deactivation hyponym
- honorable discharge hyponym
- dishonorable discharge hyponym
- Section Eight hyponym
Related & opposite
- give the axe derivation
- discharge derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sack |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bag |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | doggie bag |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grocery bag |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plunderage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plundering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sack |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | raider |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pillage |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | ruin |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | enclosed space |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | hire |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismission |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dismissible |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | retire |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | pension off |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | clean out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | furlough |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | squeeze out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | send away |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sack |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | containerful |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | realise |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | net |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | benefit |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | white wine |
| 8 | also see | Related & opposite | net |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sack |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sackful |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | encase |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | jacket |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | bed |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | dress |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | sack |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | plundering |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | give the axe |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | discharge |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | ending |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | superannuation |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | conge |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | removal |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | deactivation |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | honorable discharge |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | dishonorable discharge |
| 13 | hyponym | Types & categories | Section Eight |