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noun
- A bag for carrying things in.
- The plunder and pillage, pillaging of a captured town or city.
- The of Rome.
- Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
- (informal) bed, in the phrase hit the sack. See also (term, sack out)''.
- I"m tired. I'm gonna hit the .
- (informal) Dismissal from employment, in the phrase get the sack or give (someone) the sack.
- She got the for being late all the time.
- Her boss gave her the 'sack.
- An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds).
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 209.
- :Generally, however, the stone or petra, almost always of 14 lbs., is used, the tod of 28 lbs., and the of thirteen stone.
- (context, vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
- He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the .
verb
- To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war.
- The barbarians sacked Rome.
- (informal) To fire, or remove someone from employment.
- He was sacked last September.
- (informal) In the phrase (term, sack out), to go to sleep.
- The kids all sacked out before 9:00 on New Year"s Eve.
- (slang) To hit a person (usually male) in the groin.
- The apple fell on him and he got sacked.
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noun
- A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks.
- (Usually paired with 'ashes'), garments worn as an act of penance. Now often used figuratively.
- After he realised the gravity of his crime he spent some time wearing sackcloth and ashes.
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noun
- an exchange of goods or services for currency or credit
- (rfex, This needs a better definition or at least an example)a particular opportunity for a sale
- (plural: sales) the activities involved in selling goods or services
- the sale of goods at reduced prices
- the act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder
| | salt |
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noun
- A common substance recognised chemically as sodium chloride (NaCl?), used extensively as a condiment and preservative.
- (chemistry) One of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid.
- A kind of marsh at the shore of a sea (short for salt marsh, apparently not in a wide-spread use).
- (slang) A sailor (also old salt).
- (cryptography) Additional bytes inserted into a plaintext message before encryption, in order to increase randomness and render brute force, brute-force decryption more difficult.
verb
- (transitive) To add salt to.
- (mining) To blast gold into (as a portion of a mine) in order to cause to appear to be a productive seam.
- (cryptography) To add filler bytes before encrypting, in order to make brute-force decryption more resource-intensive.
- To include colorful language in.
- To insert or inject something into an object to give it properties it would not naturally have.
adjective
- salty, Salty.
- saline, Saline.
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verb (says, saying, said)
- To pronounce
- Please your name slowly and clearly.
- To recite
- Martha, will you grace?
- To communicate, either verbally or in writing
- He said he would be here tomorrow.
- To indicate in a written form
- The sign says it's 50 kilometres to Paris.
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noun (plural sayings)
- A proverb or maxim; something often said.
| | score |
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noun
- The total number of points earned by a participant in a game.
- The is 4-0 although it's not even half-time!
- (archaic) Twenty, 20 (number).
- Some words have scores of meanings.
- 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
- : "Four and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
- (music) A book or set of pages showing all the parts for a musical composition.
- (cricket) A presentation of how many runs a side has scored, and how many wickets have been lost.
- England had a of 107 for 5 at lunch.
- (cricket) The number of runs scored by a batsman, or by a side, in either an innings or a match.
- subject
- 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 245e.
- : Well, although we haven't discusse the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not <being>, we've done enough on that .
verb (scor, ing)
- (intransitive) To earn points in a game.
- Pelé scores again!
- (transitive) To earn points in a game.
- It is unusual for a team to a hundred goals in one game.
- (transitive) To scratch (paper or cardboard) with a sharp implement to make it easier to fold.
- (transitive) (slang) To obtain (usually used in reference to illegal drugs, but often sex with a casual partner).
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- (intransitive) (slang) To have sexual intercourse. -->
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noun (uncountable)
- Contempt or disdain towards a despicable or unworthy person
verb
- To feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- To scoff, express contempt
- To reject, turn down
- She scorned his romantic advances.
| | scratch |
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noun
- (countable) A disruption, mark or shallow cut on a surface made by scratching.
- I can"t believe there is a in the paint already.
- Her skin was covered with tiny scratches.
- (slang) money
- I need a little .
verb (scratch, es)
- To rub a surface with a sharp object, especially by a living creature to remove itching with nails, claws, etc.
- Could you please my back?
- To rub the skin with rough material causing a sensation of irritation.
- I don't like that new scarf because it scratches my neck.
- To mark a surface with a sharp object, thereby leaving; a (noun).
- A real diamond can easily a pane of glass.
- To remove, ignore or delete.
- Scratch what I said earlier; I was wrong.
adjective - for or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work
- This is paper, so go ahead and scribble whatever you want on it.
- (computer) from scratchpad), describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purposes; one that can be scribbled on without loss. Usually in the combining forms scratch memory, scratch register, scratch disk, scratch tape, scratch volume, scratch space. See also scratch monkey.
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noun - A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirlpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily. The passage between Scylla and Charybdis was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying between Scylla and Charybdis signifies a great peril on either hand.
- In Greek mythology, a personification of the above rock as a ravenous monster.
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abbreviation
- Southeast Asia
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noun
- A pinniped, a large marine fish-eating mammal.
- The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.
verb
- (intransitive) To hunt seals
| | sitting |
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noun
- a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
- Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.
- The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.
- a legislative session
- the act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
adjective
- executed from a sitting position
- occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent
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