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sap ¹  (sp)

n.

1.

a. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues.

b. The fluid contents of a plant cell vacuole.

2. An essential bodily fluid.

3. Health and energy; vitality.

4. Slang A gullible person; a dupe.

5. A leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.

tr.v. sapped, sap·ping, saps

1. To drain of sap.

2. To hit or knock out with a sap.

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[Middle English, from Old English sæp.]

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sap ²  (sp)

n.

A covered trench or tunnel dug to a point near or within an enemy position.

v. sapped, sap·ping, saps

v.tr.

1. To undermine the foundations of (a fortification).

2. To deplete or weaken gradually.

v.intr.

To dig a sap.

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[Obsolete French sappe or Italian zappa, hoe, from Old French and Old Italian, both from Late Latin sappa.]

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SAP [sæp] (in Britain)

acronym for

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Standard Assessment Procedure, the recognized performance indicator for measuring energy efficiency in buildings

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sap¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) another name for sapwood

vb saps, sapping, sapped (tr)

to drain of sap

[Old English sæp; related to Old High German sapf, German Saft juice, Middle Low German sapp, Sanskrit sabar milk juice]

sapless  adj

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sap²

n

(Military) a deep and narrow trench used to approach or undermine an enemy position, esp in siege warfare

vb saps, sapping, 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]

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sap  (sp)

1. 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.

2. See cell sap.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sap - a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant manna - 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     fool, muggins, saphead, tomfool ass - a pompous fool buffoon, clown - a rude or vulgar fool flibbertigibbet, foolish woman - a female fool fucker - a stupid despised man bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, 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 simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense 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 cosh, blackjack bludgeon - a club used as a weapon
Verb	1.	sap - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" play out, exhaust, tire, run down play out - become spent or exhausted; "The champion's strength played out fast" deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
	2.	sap - excavate the earth beneath cave, undermine - hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

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sap¹

noun

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

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sap²

verb weaken, drain, undermine, rob, exhaust, bleed, erode, deplete, wear down, enervate, devitalize I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength.

Translations

sap¹ [sæp] N (Bot) → savia f

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sap² [sæp]

A. N (Mil) (= trench) → zapa f

B. VT (= undermine) → minar; (= weaken) → debilitar; (= exhaust) → agotar(las fuerzas de)

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sap³ [sæp] N (= fool) → bobo/a m/f
you sap! → ¡bobo!

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sap [ˈsæp]

n [plant] → sève f

vt [+ strength] → saper, miner

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sap¹

n (Bot) → Saft m; (fig) → Lebenskraft f; the sap is rising (lit) → der Saft steigt; (fig) → die Triebe erwachen

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sap²

n (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

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sap³

n (inf) → Trottel m (inf)

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sap¹ [sæp] n (of plants) → linfa

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sap² [sæp] vt (strength) → fiaccare; (confidence) → minare

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sap¹

n sap [sӕp]

the liquid in trees, plants etc The sap flowed out when he broke the stem of the flower. sap, gom عُصارَة الشَّجَر бот. мъзга míza saft der Saft χυμός φυτών savia mahl شيره گياهي mahla sève לֶשֶד रस, सार biljni sok nedv getah (æða)safi linfa 樹液 수액 sultys, sula (auga) sula sap sap sevje, plantesaft sok (roślinny) seiva sevă сок miazga, šťava rastlinski sok, mezga biljni sok sav, växtsaft ยางไม้; น้ำเลี้ยงต้นไม้ öz su 樹液 сік рослин, живиця پودوں کے اندر کی رطوبت nhựa cây 树液

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sap²

v sap [sӕp]

to weaken or destroy (a person's strength, confidence, courage etc) The disease slowly sapped his strength. dreineer يُنْهِك، يوهِن изтощавам podrýt svække; undergrave erschöpfen υπονομεύω, καταστρέφω debilitr, minar, agotar õõnestama تضعيف كردن ehdyttää saper לְעַרעֵר मूर्ख iscrpiti, potkopati aláás melemahkan draga þrótt úr indebolire 弱らせる 차차 약화시키다 išsekinti novārdzināt; izsūkt melemahkan ondermijnen tappe (for kraft), utmatte wyczerpywać enfraquecer истощать podkopať oslabiti iscrpsti tära på, försvaga ทำลาย tüketmek 逐漸削弱或破壞(一個人的體力、自信、勇氣等) виснажувати; підривати віру سوکھ لینا ، ختم کر دینا phá hoại, phá hủy 渐渐削弱，使衰竭