What does sap mean?

Definitions for sap
sæpsap

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sapnoun

    a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant

  2. fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfoolnoun

    a person who lacks good judgment

  3. blackjack, cosh, sapverb

    a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people

  4. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tireverb

    deplete

    "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

  5. sapverb

    excavate the earth beneath

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. SAPnoun

    The vital juice of plants; the juice that circulates in trees and herbs.

    Etymology: sæpe , Saxon; sap, Dutch.

    Now sucking of the sap of herbs most sweet,
    Or of the dew, which yet on them does lie,
    Now in the same bathing his tender feet. Edmund Spenser.

    Though now this grained face of mine be hid
    In sap consuming Winter’s drizzled snow,
    And all the conduits of my blood froze up,
    Yet hath my night of life some memory. William Shakespeare.

    Wound the bark of our fruit-trees,
    Lest, being over-proud with sap and blood,
    With too much riches it confound itself. William Shakespeare, R. II.

    His presence had infus’d
    Into the plant sciential sap. John Milton.

    The sap which at the root is bred
    In trees, through all the boughs is spread. Edmund Waller.

    Vegetables consist of the same parts with animal substances, spirit, water, salt, oil, earth; all which are contained in the sap they derive from the earth. Arbuthnot.

  2. To Sapverb

    To undermine; to subvert by digging; to mine.

    Etymology: sapper, French; zappare, Italian.

    Their dwellings were sapp’d by floods,
    Their houses fell upon their houshold gods. Dryden.

  3. To Sapverb

    To proceed by mine; to proceed invisibly.

    For the better security of the troops, both assaults are carried on by sapping. Tatler.

    In vain may heroes fight, and patriots rave,
    If secret gold saps on from knave to knave. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia

  1. Sap

    Sap is a fluid transported in xylem cells (vessel elements or tracheids) or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant. These cells transport water and nutrients throughout the plant. Sap is distinct from latex, resin, or cell sap; it is a separate substance, separately produced, and with different components and functions.Insect honeydew is called sap, particularly when it falls from trees, but is only the remains of eaten sap and other plant parts.

ChatGPT

  1. sap

    Sap is a fluid transported in xylem cells (vessel elements or tracheids) or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant. These cells transport water and nutrients throughout the plant. Sap is distinct from latex, resin, or cell sap; it is a separate substance, separately produced, and with different components and functions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sapnoun

    the juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition

  2. Sapnoun

    the sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree

  3. Sapnoun

    a simpleton; a saphead; a milksop

  4. Sapverb

    to subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of

  5. Sapverb

    to pierce with saps

  6. Sapverb

    to make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken

  7. Sapverb

    to proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps

  8. Sapnoun

    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

  9. Etymology: [F. saper (cf. Sp. zapar, It. zapare), fr. sape a sort of scythe, LL. sappa a sort of mattock.]

Wikidata

  1. SAP

    Sap is the second studio EP by the American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on February 4, 1992 through Columbia Records.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sap

    sap, n. the vital juice of plants: (bot.) the part of the wood next to the bark: the blood: a simpleton: a plodding student.—v.i. to play the part of a ninny: to be studious.—ns. Sap′-bee′tle a beetle which feeds on sap; Sap′-col′our, a vegetable juice inspissated by slow evaporation, for the use of painters.—adj. Sap′ful, full of sap.—ns. Sap′-green, a green colouring matter from the juice of buckthorn berries; Sap′head, a silly fellow.—adj. Sap′less, wanting sap: not juicy.—ns. Sap′ling, a young tree, so called from being full of sap: a young greyhound during the year of his birth until the end of the coursing season which commences in that year; Sap′ling-cup, an open tankard for drinking new ale; Sap′piness.—adj. Sap′py, abounding with sap: juicy: silly.—ns. Sap′-tube, a vessel that conveys sap; Sap′-wood, the outer part of the trunk of a tree, next the bark, in which the sap flows most freely: albumen.—Crude sap, the ascending sap. [A.S. sæp; Low Ger. sapp, juice, Ger. saft.]

  2. Sap

    sap, v.t. to destroy by digging underneath: to undermine: to impair the constitution.—v.i. to proceed by undermining:—pr.p. sap′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. sapped.—n. a narrow ditch or trench by which approach is made from the foremost parallel towards the glacis or covert-way of a besieged place.—n. Sap′per, one who saps. [O. Fr. sappe—Low L. sapa, a pick, prob. from Gr. skapanē, a hoe.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. sap

    That peculiar method by which a besieger's zig-zag approaches are continuously advanced in spite of the musketry of the defenders; gabions are successively placed in position, filled, and covered with earth, by men working from behind the last completed portion of the trench, the head of which is protected by a moving defence called a sap-roller. Its progress is necessarily slow and arduous. There is also the flying sap, used at greater distances, and by night, when a line of gabions is planted and filled by a line of men working simultaneously; and the double sap, used when zig-zags are no longer efficient, consisting of two contiguous single saps, back to back, carried direct towards the place, with frequent returns, which form traverses against enfilade; the half-double sap has its reverse side less complete than the last.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. sap

    In military engineering, is a narrow ditch or trench, by which approach is made from the foremost parallel towards the glacis or covert way of a besieged place. The sap is usually made by four sappers, the leading man of whom rolls a large gabion before him, and excavates as he progresses, filling smaller gabions with the earth dug out, and erecting them on one or both sides to form a parapet. The other sappers widen and deepen the sap, throwing more earth on to the parapet. A sap is considered to advance in average ground about 8 feet per hour. From the nearness of the enemy’s works, running a sap is an extremely dangerous operation. When possible, therefore, it is carried on at night; in any case, the sappers are relieved at least every hour. When a sap is enlarged to the dimensions of a trench, it bears that name. When the fire of the enemy is slack, so that many gabions may be placed and filled at the same time, it is called a flying sap. If two parapets, one on each side of the trench, be formed, it is then called a double sap.

  2. sap

    To pierce with saps; to execute saps. Also, to proceed by mining or secretly undermining.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SAP

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sap is ranked #140157 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sap surname appeared 119 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Sap.

    58.8% or 70 total occurrences were Asian.
    21% or 25 total occurrences were White.
    8.4% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    7.5% or 9 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    4.2% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sap in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sap in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sap in a Sentence

  1. Christian Stocker:

    So far, European earnings have been better than expected, with investors focusing on company guidance to form a view on the market's likely direction, the market is definitely getting some boost, at least today, from some strong results from companies like SAP, with the technology sector leading the market higher.

  2. Hasso Plattner:

    SAP would not be what it is today without Bill McDermott, bill made invaluable contributions to this company and he was a main driver of SAP's transition to the cloud, which will fuel our growth for many years to come.

  3. Etty Hillesum:

    We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.

  4. Chief Executive Richard Sarkis:

    The reason we were excited to partner with these guys and take on the capital now is we have a very clear product market fit, we've already had some conversations with folks at SAP, to say 'Hey, how can this be helpful to your broader SAP network?'.

  5. Vincent Man:

    They want to arrest key people on the frontline to sap the resistance of the movement, but they will fail, we will keep fighting and win new streets to expand the occupation zone.

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  • Robert Gotsch
    Robert Gotsch
    Are the letters SAP short for the phrase Sales Applications Planning? . If not, what does the abbreviation SAP stand for?
    Please advise.
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