Sake

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Purpose; motive: a quarrel only for the sake of argument.
  • n. Advantage; good: for the sake of his health.
  • n. Personal benefit or interest; welfare: for her own sake.
  • n. A Japanese liquor made from fermented rice.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Cause, interest or account.
  • n. Purpose or end; reason.
  • n. The benefit or regard of someone or something.
  • n. Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
  • n. Rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like.
  • n. a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Strife; contention; dispute.
  • n. Fault; guilt.
  • n. Purpose; purpose of obtaining or achieving: as, to labor for the sake of subsistence.
  • n. Cause; account; reason; interest; regard to any person or thing: as, without sake: now always preceded by for, with a possessive: as, for my sake; for heaven's sake.
  • n. A Japanese fermented liquor made from rice. It contains from 11 to 17 per cent. of alcohol, and is heated before being drunk.
  • n. The generic name in Japan for all kinds of spirituous liquors, whether made from grain or grapes, fermented or distilled.
  • n. Same as saki.
  • n. A land-spring; a wet spot where the water oozes forth.
  • n. The magma or pulpy coagulum deposited from the waste liquors of wool-washing after addition of sulphuric acid. It is pressed cold to remove water; then, with hot pressing, it yields a dark-colored, sticky grease, known as Yorkshire grease, and a residual ‘seed-cake’ used as a fertilizer.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the purpose of achieving or obtaining
  • n. Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
  • n. a reason for wanting something done
  • Verb Form
    sakes    sook   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    intention    aim    purpose    intent    design    alcoholic drink    inebriant    alcohol    alcoholic beverage    intoxicant   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    saki   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    end    cause    motive    reason    interest    concern    account    rice wine   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ache    Blake    Drake    Haik    Jake    Lake    Snake    ache    ake    awake   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lack    purpose    spite    none    kind    advantage    plenty    fond    account    full