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sap 1
(săp)n.
1.
a. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues.
b. See cell sap.
2. Health and energy; vitality: The constant bickering drained his sap away.
3. Slang A foolish or gullible person.
tr.v. sapped, sap·ping, saps
1. To drain (a tree, for example) of sap.
2. To deplete or weaken gradually: The noisy children sapped all my energy. The flu sapped him of his strength. See Synonyms at deplete.
[Middle English, from Old English sæp. V., sense 2, probably partly from sap (taken as "to weaken (resistance) as by draining of sap.").]
sap 2
(săp)n.
A covered trench or tunnel dug to a point near or within an enemy position.
v. sapped, sap·ping, saps
v.tr.
To undermine the foundations of (a fortification).
v.intr.
To dig a sap.
[French sape, from saper, to sap, undermine, from Italian zappare, to dig with a mattock or hoe, sap, from zappa, mattock, hoe, from Old Italian, from Late Latin sappa, of unknown origin.]
sap 3
(săp)n.
A leather-covered bludgeon with a short, flexible shaft or strap, used as a hand weapon.
tr.v. sapped, sap·ping, saps
To hit or knock out with a sap.
[Probably short for sapling, since the bludgeons were made from wood from saplings.]
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sap
(sæp)n
1. (Botany) a solution of mineral salts, sugars, etc, that circulates in a plant
2. any vital body fluid
3. energy; vigour
4. slang a gullible or foolish person
5. (Botany) another name for sapwood
vb (tr) , saps, sapping or sapped
to drain of sap
[Old English sæp; related to Old High German sapf, German Saft juice, Middle Low German sapp, Sanskrit sabar milk juice]
ˈsapless adj
sap
(sæp)n
(Military) a deep and narrow trench used to approach or undermine an enemy position, esp in siege warfare
vb, saps, sapping or sapped
1. (Military) to undermine (a fortification, etc) by digging saps
2. (tr) to weaken
[C16 zappe, from Italian zappa spade, of uncertain origin; perhaps from Old Italian (dialect) zappo a goat]
SAP
abbreviation for
South African Police
SAP
(sæp)(in Britain) n acronym for
(Building) Standard Assessment Procedure: the recognized performance indicator for measuring energy efficiency in buildings
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sap1
(sæp)n., v. sapped, sap•ping. n.
1. a watery juice, containing mineral salts and sugar, that circulates through the tissues of a plant.
2. any vital body fluid.
3. energy; vitality.
4. a fool; dupe.
v.t. 5. to drain the sap from.
[before 900; Middle English; Old English sæp, c. Middle Dutch sap, Old High German saf]
sap2
(sæp)n., v. sapped, sap•ping. n.
1. a trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place.
v.t. 2. to approach (a wall, glacis, or other part of a fortification) with saps, in order to move troops or artillery into a more forward position, or to dig below and undermine the fortification.
3. to weaken insidiously.
[1585–95; < French sape (n.), derivative of saper to dig a trench < Italian zappare]
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sap
(săp) The watery fluid that circulates through a plant that has vascular tissues. Sap moving up the xylem carries water and minerals, while sap moving down the phloem carries water and food.
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sap
Past participle: sapped
Gerund: sapping
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| Noun | 1. |  sap - a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plantmanna - hardened sugary exudation of various trees solution - a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution; "he used a solution of peroxide and water" |
| 2. |  sap - a person who lacks good judgment flibbertigibbet, foolish woman - a female fool bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, zany, goose - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool meshuggeneh, meshuggener - (Yiddish) a crazy fool morosoph - a learned fool putz - (Yiddish) a fool; an idiot wally - a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid | |
| 3. | sap - a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people bludgeon - a club used as a weapon | |
| Verb | 1. | sap - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" play out - become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast" |
| 2. | sap - excavate the earth beneath |
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sap
1noun
1. juice, essence, vital fluid, secretion, lifeblood, plant fluid The leaves, bark and sap are common ingredients of herbal remedies.
2. (Slang) fool, jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), idiot, noodle, wally (slang), wet (Brit. informal), charlie (Brit. informal), drip (informal), gull (archaic), prat (slang), plonker (slang), noddy, twit (informal), chump (informal), oaf, simpleton, nitwit (informal), ninny, nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), wuss (slang), Simple Simon, weenie (U.S. informal), muggins (Brit. slang), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), nerd or nurd (slang), numskull or numbskull her poor sap of a husband
sap
2verb weaken, drain, undermine, rob, exhaust, bleed, erode, deplete, wear down, enervate, devitalize I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength.
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sap 1
nounsap 2
verb1. To lessen or deplete the nerve, energy, or strength of:
2. To lessen or weaken severely, as by removing something essential:
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Translations
عُصارَة الشَّجَريُنْهِك، يوهِن
mízapodrýt
saftsvækkeundergrave
heikentäähölmömahlauuvuttaa
draga òrótt úrsafi
izsūktnovārdzinātsula
miazga
öz sutüketmek
sap
1 [sæp] N (Bot) → savia fsap
2 [sæp]A. N (Mil) (= trench) → zapa f
sap
3 [sæp] N (= fool) → bobo/a m/fyou sap! → ¡bobo!
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sap
1n (Bot) → Saft m; (fig) → Lebenskraft f; the sap is rising (lit) → der Saft steigt; (fig) → die Triebe erwachen
sap
2n (Mil) → Sappe f
vt
(Mil) → unterminieren, untergraben
(fig) → untergraben; confidence → untergraben, schwächen; to sap somebody’s strength → jdn entkräften, jds Kräfte angreifen; to sap somebody’s energy/enthusiasm → jdm die Energie/Begeisterung nehmen
sap
3n (inf) → Trottel m (inf)
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sap1
(sӕp) noun the liquid in trees, plants etc. The sap flowed out when he broke the stem of the flower.
sap2
(sӕp) – past tense, past participle sapped – verb to weaken or destroy (a person's strength, confidence, courage etc). The disease slowly sapped his strength.
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sap
n. savia, jugo natural de algunas plantas.
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