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sacking sacking definition

sacking


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  sack 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  sack 
 
  Sense  2 
  fire,  give  notice,  can,  dismiss,  give  the  axe,  send  away  sack,  force  out  terminate 
  =>  retire 
  =>  pension  off 
  =>  clean  out 
  =>  furlough,  lay  off 
  =>  squeeze  out 
  =>  dismiss,  send  packing,  send  away  drop 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  sack 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  sack 
 
  Sense  2 
  fire,  give  notice,  can,  dismiss,  give  the  axe,  send  away  sack,  force  out  terminate 
  =>  retire 
  =>  superannuate 
  =>  pension  off 
  =>  clean  out 
  =>  furlough,  lay  off 
  =>  squeeze  out 
  =>  dismiss,  send  packing,  send  away  drop 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  sack 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  sack 
 
  Sense  1 
  sack,  plunder 
  =>  destroy,  ruin 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  sack 
 
  4  senses  of  sack 
 
  Sense  1 
  sack,  plunder 
  =>  take 
 
  Sense  2 
  fire,  give  notice,  can,  dismiss,  give  the  axe,  send  away  sack,  force  out  terminate 
  =>  remove 
 
  Sense  3 
  net,  sack,  sack  up  clear 
  =>  profit,  gain,  benefit 
 
  Sense  4 
  sack 
  =>  encase,  case 
  Also  See->  sack  up#1 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  sack 
 
  sack  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  sack 
 
  Sense  1 
  sack,  plunder 
  =>  take 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  fire,  give  notice,  can,  dismiss,  give  the  axe,  send  away  sack,  force  out  terminate 
  =>  remove 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  net,  sack,  sack  up  clear 
  =>  profit,  gain,  benefit 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  sack 
  =>  encase,  case 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  sacking 
  hopsacking 
  ransacking 
  sacking 
 
  Overview  of  noun  sacking 
 
  The  noun  sacking  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  sacking,  bagging  --  (coarse  fabric  used  for  bags  or  sacks) 
  2.  dismissal,  dismission,  discharge,  firing,  liberation,  release,  sack,  sacking  --  (the  termination  of  someone's  employment  (leaving  them  free  to  depart)) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  sack 
 
  The  verb  sack  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  sack,  plunder  --  (plunder  after  capture,  as  of  a  town) 
  2.  fire,  give  notice,  can,  dismiss,  give  the  axe,  send  away  sack,  force  out  terminate  --  (terminate  the  employment  of  "The  boss  fired  his  secretary  today") 
  3.  net,  sack,  sack  up  clear  --  (make  as  a  net  profit;  "The  company  cleared  $1  million") 
  4.  sack  --  (put  in  a  sack;  "The  grocer  sacked  the  onions") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  sacking 
 
  The  noun  sacking  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  sacking,  bagging  --  (coarse  fabric  used  for  bags  or  sacks) 
  2.  dismissal,  dismission,  discharge,  firing,  liberation,  release,  sack,  sacking  --  (the  termination  of  someone's  employment  (leaving  them  free  to  depart)) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  sack 
 
  The  verb  sack  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  sack,  plunder  --  (plunder  after  capture,  as  of  a  town) 
  2.  fire,  give  notice,  can,  dismiss,  give  the  axe,  send  away  sack,  force  out  terminate  --  (terminate  the  employment  of  "The  boss  fired  his  secretary  today") 
  3.  net,  sack,  sack  up  clear  --  (make  as  a  net  profit;  "The  company  cleared  $1  million") 
  4.  sack  --  (put  in  a  sack;  "The  grocer  sacked  the  onions") 



sacking definition