To advance (a runner on base) by batting the ball so it can be caught or fielded, placing the batter out, but with insufficient time to put the runner out
To give away more or less altruistically something valuable to get at least a possibility to gain something else of value (such as self-respect, trust, love, freedom, prosperity), or to avoid an even greater loss
Destruction or surrender of anything for the sake of something else; devotion of some desirable object in behalf of a higher object, or to a claim deemed more pressing; hence, also, the thing so devoted or given up; as, the sacrifice of interest to pleasure, or of pleasure to interest
(1) when a batter bunts the ball and is put out but the baserunner advances; (2) when a batter hits a long fly ball that is caught but gives the baserunner time to tag up and advance home
To sacrifice an animal or person means to kill them in a special religious ceremony as an offering to a god. The priest sacrificed a chicken Sacrifice is also a noun. animal sacrifices to the gods. Act of offering objects to a divinity, thereby making them holy. The motivation for sacrifice is to perpetuate, intensify, or reestablish a connection between the human and the divine. It is often intended to gain the favour of the god or to placate divine wrath. The term has come to be applied specifically to blood sacrifice, which entails the death or destruction of the thing sacrificed (see human sacrifice). The sacrifice of fruits, flowers, or crops (bloodless sacrifice) is more often referred to as an offering
To make an offering of; to consecrate or present to a divinity by way of expiation or propitiation, or as a token acknowledgment or thanksgiving; to immolate on the altar of God, in order to atone for sin, to procure favor, or to express thankfulness; as, to sacrifice an ox or a sheep
the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc
a central belief in the ego's thought system: someone must lose if another is to gain; the principle of giving up in order to receive (giving to get); e g , in order to receive God's Love we must pay a price, usually in the form of suffering to expiate our guilt (sin); in order to receive another's love, we must pay for it through the special love bargain; the reversal of the principle of salvation or justice: no one loses and everyone gains
If you sacrifice something that is valuable or important, you give it up, usually to obtain something else for yourself or for other people. She sacrificed family life to her career Kitty Aldridge has sacrificed all for her first film He sacrificed himself and so saved his country. Sacrifice is also a noun. She made many sacrifices to get Anita a good education see also self-sacrifice
Anything consecrated and offered to God, or to a divinity; an immolated victim, or an offering of any kind, laid upon an altar, or otherwise presented in the way of religious thanksgiving, atonement, or conciliation
(fiil) kurban etmek, kıymak, feda etmek, fedakârlıkta bulunmak, zararına satmak