sap
The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or…The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
» The constant arguments sapped her energy.
Der ständige Streit zehrte an ihren Kräften. — Waldelfe
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7 senses(uncountable)The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
Saft
сокsok
сікsik
(uncountable)The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
Mantelholz, Splint
за́болоньzábolonʹ
(countable, uncountable)Any juice.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Vitality.
(countable, slang)A naive person; a simpleton.
Look at the sap mowing our lawn while we pretend our own lawnmower is broken.
Einfaltspinsel, Heulsuse, Simpel
простакprostak, простофиляprostofilja
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.
Laufgraben
са́паsápa
(US, countable, slang)A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
- a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
- a person who lacks good judgment
- a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
Examples
24 sentencesThe constant arguments sapped her energy.
deDer ständige Streit zehrte an ihren Kräften. — Waldelfe
The wise teacher knew about the sap.
Anyone who works here is a sap.
Wash the mangoes to remove their sap.
The tree's sap was sticky and sweet-smelling.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English sap, from Old English sæp (“juice, sap”), from Proto-West Germanic *saFrom Middle English sap, from Old English sæp (“juice, sap”), from Proto-West Germanic *sap (“sap, juice”) (compare Dutch sap, German Saft, Icelandic safi), from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap- (“to taste”) (compare Welsh syb-wydd (“fir”), Latin sapa (“must, new wine”), Russian со́пли (sópli, “snivel”), Old Armenian համ (ham, “taste”), Avestan 𐬬𐬌-𐬱𐬁𐬞𐬀 (vi-šāpa, “having poisonous juices”), Sanskrit सबर् (sabar, “juice, nectar”)). More at sage.
From French saper (compare Spanish zapar and Italian zappare) from sape (“sort of scythe”), from Late Latin sappa (“sort of mattock”).
Probably from sapling.
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Forms
plural: sapsSynonyms
7 synonymsWord family
30 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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