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1. (n.) sap
a watery juice, containing mineral salts and sugar, that circulates through the tissues of a plant.
2. sap
any vital body fluid.
3. sap
energy; vitality.
4. sap
a fool; dupe.
5. (v.t.) sap
to drain the sap from.
6. (n.) sap
a trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place.
7. (v.t.) sap
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.
8. sap
to weaken insidiously.
Etymology: (1585–95; < F sape (n.), der. of saper to dig a trench < It zappare)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) sap
a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
2. (noun) fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool
a person who lacks good judgment
3. (verb) blackjack, cosh, sap
a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
4. (verb) run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire
deplete
"exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
5. (verb) sap
excavate the earth beneath
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1. (noun) sap
a sticky liquid substance inside a tree or plant
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) SAP
the juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition
2. (noun) SAP
the sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree
3. (noun) SAP
a simpleton; a saphead; a milksop
4. (noun) SAP
a narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc
5. (verb) SAP
to subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of
6. (verb) SAP
to pierce with saps
7. (verb) SAP
to make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken
8. (verb) SAP
to proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps
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Sense: the liquid in trees, plants etc
The sap flowed out when he broke the stem of the flower.
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 Afrikaans: sap, gom |
 Arabic: عُصارَة الشَّجَر |
 Bulgarian: бот. мъзга |
 Brazilian: seiva |
 Czech: míza |
 German: der Saft |
 Danish: saft |
 Greek: χυμός φυτών |
 Spanish: savia |
 Estonian: mahl |
 Farsi: شيره گياهي |
 Finnish: mahla |
 French: sève |
 Hebrew: לֶשֶד |
 Hindi: रस, सार |
 Croatian: biljni sok |
 Hungarian: nedv |
 Indonesian: getah |
 Icelandic: (æða)safi |
 Italian: linfa |
 Japanese: 樹液 |
 Korean: 수액 |
 Lithuanian: sultys, sula |
 Latvian: (auga) sula |
 Malay: sap |
 Dutch: sap |
 Norwegian: sevje, plantesaft |
 Polish: sok (roślinny) |
 Persian: شيره گياهي |
 Pashto: دنباتاتو شيره، هغه شيره چ |
 Portuguese: seiva |
 Romanian: sevă |
 Russian: сок |
 Slovak: miazga,šťava |
 Slovenian: rastlinski sok, mezga |
 Serbian: biljni sok |
 Swedish: sav, växtsaft |
 Thai: ยางไม้; น้ำเลี้ยงต้นไม้ |
 Turkish: öz su |
 Taiwanese: 樹液 |
 Ukrainian: сік рослин, живиця |
 Urdu: پودوں کے اندر کی رطوبت |
 Vietnamese: nhựa cây |
 Chinese: 树液 |
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