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We have found lemma(root) word of sacks : sack.
Definitions
[sak], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods
- a woman's short loose unwaisted dress, typically narrowing at the hem, popular especially in the 1950s
- dismissal from employment
(e.g: he got the sack for swearing)
- bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex
(e.g: he stars as a man dumped by his partner for being a bit dull in the sack)
- a base
- an act of tackling of a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage
Phrases:
- a sack of potatoes
- hit the sack
Origin
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Old English sacc, from Latin saccus ‘sack, sackcloth’, from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin. Sense 1 of the verb dates from the mid 19th century
[sak], (Verb)
Definitions:
- dismiss from employment
(e.g: any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot)
- tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage before they can throw a pass
(e.g: Oregon intercepted five of his passes and sacked him five times)
- put into a sack or sacks
(e.g: a small part of his wheat had been sacked)
Phrases:
- a sack of potatoes
- hit the sack
Origin
:
Old English sacc, from Latin saccus ‘sack, sackcloth’, from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin. Sense 1 of the verb dates from the mid 19th century
[sak], (Verb)
Definitions:
- (chiefly in historical contexts) plunder and destroy (a captured town or building)
(e.g: the fort was rebuilt in AD 158 and was sacked again in AD 197)
Phrases:
Origin
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mid 16th century: from French sac, in the phrase mettre à sac ‘put to sack’, on the model of Italian fare il sacco, mettere a sacco, which perhaps originally referred to filling a sack with plunder
[sak], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the pillaging of a town or city
(e.g: the sack of Rome)
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 16th century: from French sac, in the phrase mettre à sac ‘put to sack’, on the model of Italian fare il sacco, mettere a sacco, which perhaps originally referred to filling a sack with plunder
[sak], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from Spain and the Canaries
(e.g: the Poet Laureate traditionally gets a ‘butt of sack’, equivalent to roughly 600 bottles of sherry)
Phrases:
Origin
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early 16th century: from the phrase wyne seck, from French vin sec ‘dry wine’
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