Definitions for sapsæp
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sapsæp(n.; v.)sapped, sap•ping.
(n.)a watery juice, containing mineral salts and sugar, that circulates through the tissues of a plant.
Category: Botany
any vital body fluid.
Category: Anatomy
energy; vitality.
a fool; dupe.
(v.t.)to drain the sap from.
Origin of sap:
bef. 900; ME; OE sæp, c. MD sap, OHG saf
sapsæp(n.; v.)sapped, sap•ping.
(n.)a trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place.
Category: Fortification
(v.t.)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.
Category: Fortification
to weaken insidiously.
Origin of sap:
1585–95; < F sape (n.), der. of saper to dig a trench < It zappare
Princeton's WordNet
sap(noun)
a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
fool, sap, saphead, muggins, tomfool(noun)
a person who lacks good judgment
blackjack, cosh, sap(verb)
a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire(verb)
deplete
"exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
sap(verb)
excavate the earth beneath
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
sap(noun)æp
a sticky liquid substance inside a tree or plant
Webster Dictionary
Sap(noun)
the juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition
Sap(noun)
the sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree
Sap(noun)
a simpleton; a saphead; a milksop
Sap(verb)
to subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of
Sap(verb)
to pierce with saps
Sap(verb)
to make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken
Sap(verb)
to proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps
Sap(noun)
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
Translations for sap
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- sap, gomAfrikaans
- عُصارَة الشَّجَرArabic
- бот. мъзгаBulgarian
- seivaPortuguese (BR)
- mízaCzech
- der SaftGerman
- saftDanish
- χυμός φυτώνGreek
- saviaSpanish
- mahlEstonian
- شيره گياهيFarsi
- mahlaFinnish
- sèveFrench
- לֶשֶדHebrew
- रस, सारHindi
- biljni sokCroatian
- nedvHungarian
- getahIndonesian
- (æða)safiIcelandic
- linfaItalian
- 樹液Japanese
- 수액Korean
- sultys, sulaLithuanian
- (auga) sulaLatvian
- sapMalay
- sapDutch
- sevje, plantesaftNorwegian
- sok (roślinny)Polish
- شيره گياهيPersian
- دنباتاتو شيره، هغه شيره چې ونو اوبوټو ته غذا پكښې رسول كيږىPashto
- seivaPortuguese
- sevăRomanian
- сокRussian
- miazga,šťavaSlovak
- rastlinski sok, mezgaSlovenian
- biljni sokSerbian
- sav, växtsaftSwedish
- ยางไม้; น้ำเลี้ยงต้นไม้Thai
- öz suTurkish
- 樹液Chinese (Trad.)
- сік рослин, живицяUkrainian
- پودوں کے اندر کی رطوبتUrdu
- nhựa câyVietnamese
- 树液Chinese (Simp.)
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