<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.</li><li>the person, animal, or thing so offered.</li><li>the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of something considered as having a higher or more pressing claim.</li><li>the thing so surrendered or devoted.</li><li>a loss incurred in selling something below its value.</li><li>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.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to make a sacrifice or offering of.</li><li>to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, for the sake of something else.</li><li>to dispose of (goods, property, etc.) regardless of profit.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>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.</li><li>to offer or make a sacrifice.</li></ul>