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sap
1[ sap ]
sap
2[ sap ]
noun
- Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
verb (used with object)
- to undermine; gradually or insidiously weaken or destroy.
Synonyms: undermine, weaken, tire, impair, enfeeble, enervate, drain, deplete, exhaust
- Fortification.
- to approach (a besieged place or an enemy position) by means of deep, narrow trenches protected by gabions or parapets.
- to dig such trenches in (ground).
verb (used without object)
- Fortification. to dig a sap.
SAP
1/ sæp /
acronym for
- Standard Assessment Procedure, the recognized performance indicator for measuring energy efficiency in buildings
sap
2/ sæp /
noun
- a deep and narrow trench used to approach or undermine an enemy position, esp in siege warfare
verb
- to undermine (a fortification, etc) by digging saps
- tr to weaken
sap
3/ sæp /
noun
- a solution of mineral salts, sugars, etc, that circulates in a plant
- any vital body fluid
- energy; vigour
- slang.a gullible or foolish person
- another name for sapwood
verb
- to drain of sap
SAP
4abbreviation for
- South African Police
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.
- See cell sap
Derived Forms
- ˈsapless, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sap1
Origin of sap2
Word History and Origins
Origin of sap1
Origin of sap2
Example Sentences
Anybody with any sap running will probably be out of step with the general parade, at least early on.
Like a picador, he takes his time to sap the strength of his foes before clubbing them unconscious.
An increase in the dividend tax rate is likely to sap the value of stocks whose main appeal is the dividends they throw off.
Put another way, the termination of these benefits will sap $30 billion from the buying power of lower-income American consumers.
AQAP wants to drag America into what it calls another “bleeding war” like Afghanistan and Iraq to sap American resources and will.
All this bubbling of sap and slipping of sheaths and bursting of calyxes was carried to her on mingled currents of fragrance.
“You would sap the very source of human happiness and enterprise,” Professor Fortescue asserted, fantastically.
But now the sap and the strength flow again within me,—now I am young once more.
Let the unopened leaves, cut from the stalk, stand in a cool shady place several days, until the sap has well run.
Spring stole into the heart of the Wabash country and the sap sang again in maples and elms.
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