 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sake
noun
1: a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died
for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of
safety"; "in the common interest" [syn: {interest}]
2: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice;
usually served hot [syn: {saki}, {rice beer}]
3: the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of
argument"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sake \Sake\ (s[=a]k), noun [OE. sake cause, also, lawsuit, fault,
AS. sacu strife, a cause or suit at law; akin to D. zaak
cause, thing, affair, G. sache thing, cause in law, OHG.
sahha, Icel. s["o]k, Sw. sak, Dan. sag, Goth. sakj[=o]
strife, AS. sacan to contend, strive, Goth. sakam, Icel. saka
to contend, strive, blame, OHG. sahhan, MHG. sachen, to
contend, strive, defend one's right, accuse, charge in a
lawsuit, and also to E. seek. Cf. {Seek}.]
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; as, to
commit crime for the sake of gain; to go abroad for the sake
of one's health.
Moved with wrath and shame and ladies' sake. --Spenser.
I will not again curse the ground any more for man's
sake. --Gen. viii.
21.
Will he draw out,
For anger's sake, finite to infinite? --Milton.
Knowledge is for the sake of man, and not man for the
sake of knowledge. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
Note: The -s of the possessive case preceding sake is
sometimes omitted for euphony; as, for goodness sake.
''For conscience sake.'' --1 Cor. x. 28. The plural
sakes is often used with a possessive plural. ''For
both our sakes.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sake \Sa"ke\ (s[aum]"k[-e]), noun
a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.
[Also spelled {saki}.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Saki \Sa"ki\ (s[aum]"k[-e]), noun
The alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice; it is
usually spelled {sake}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "sake":
account, advantage, aim, ambition, animus, aspiration, basis,
behalf, benefit, calling, cause, consideration, counsel,
desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, effect,
fixed purpose, function, gain, goal, good, ground, guiding light,
guiding star, idea, ideal, inspiration, intendment, intent,
intention, lodestar, mainspring, matter, meaning, mind, motive,
nisus, objectives, plan, point, principle, profit, project,
proposal, prospectus, purpose, purposes, reason, reasons,
resolution, resolve, score, source, spring, striving, study,
ulterior motive, view, vocation, welfare, well-being, will
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