Associations to the word «Sake»

Wiktionary

SAKE, noun. Cause, interest or account.
SAKE, noun. Purpose or end; reason.
SAKE, noun. The benefit or regard of someone or something.
SAKE, noun. (obsolete except in phrases) Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.
SAKE, noun. (countable and uncountable) Rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.
SAKÉ, noun. Rice wine; a drink made from filtered fermented rice.
SAKE BOMB, noun. A drink made by dropping a shot glass of sake (shot glass included) in a larger glass of beer.

Dictionary definition

SAKE, noun. 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".
SAKE, noun. Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot.
SAKE, noun. The purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne