Sacrifice (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
  2. the person, animal, or thing so offered.
  3. the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of something considered as having a higher or more pressing claim.
  4. the thing so surrendered or devoted.
  5. a loss incurred in selling something below its value.
  6. a batted ball, specifically a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly, that results in the batter being put out at first base while one or more base runners safely advance. Abbreviation: S
verb (used with object), sac·ri·ficed, sac·ri·fic·ing.
  1. to make a sacrifice or offering of.
  2. to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else.
  3. to dispose of (goods, property, etc.) regardless of profit.
verb (used without object), sac·ri·ficed, sac·ri·fic·ing.
  1. to make a sacrifice hit: He sacrificed in the top of the fourth with a fly ball that brought in the go-ahead run from third base.
  2. to offer or make a sacrifice.
noun
  1. a surrender of something of value as a means of gaining something more desirable or of preventing some evil
  2. a ritual killing of a person or animal with the intention of propitiating or pleasing a deity
  3. a symbolic offering of something to a deity
  4. the person, animal, or object surrendered, destroyed, killed, or offered
  5. a religious ceremony involving one or more sacrifices
  6. loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value
  7. the act or an instance of sacrificing a piece
verb
  1. to make a sacrifice (of); give up, surrender, or destroy (a person, thing, etc)
  2. to permit or force one's opponent to capture (a piece) freely, as in playing a combination or gambit
Sacrifice (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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