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Sap
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- 1 Initialism of Scientific Advisory Panel. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 2 Initialism of South African Police. South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 Initialism of South Africa Party. South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete
- 4 SAP AG, derived from the German Initialism of Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, one of the world's largest software companies.
- 1 The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition. uncountable
- 2 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.
- 3 A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack. US, countable, slang
"I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops and Eddie Mars' gang. I dodge bullets and eat saps."
- 4 Initialism of statutory adoption pay, payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work after the adoption of a child. British, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people wordnet
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- 6 The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree. uncountable
- 7 Initialism of special access program. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 a person who lacks good judgment wordnet
- 9 Any juice. countable, uncountable
- 10 Abbreviation of second audio program. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant wordnet
- 12 Vitality. countable, figuratively, uncountable
"In the preceding centuries the Ashkenazic Synagogue song had been Germanized to a degree that jeopardized not only its distinctive Jewishness but its very existence. In Eastern Europe, on the other hand, the ever-renewed Oriental sap penetrated also into the song."
- 13 Initialism of structural adjustment program. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 14 A naive person; a simpleton. countable, slang
"Look at the sap mowing our lawn while we pretend our own lawnmower is broken."
- 15 Initialism of speech act participant. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 16 Initialism of superabsorbent polymer. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 17 Initialism of superabsorbent powder, made of superabsorbent polymer. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 1 To exhaust the vitality of. figuratively, transitive
"Somewhat he knoweth of art magical, yet useth not that art; for it sappeth the life and strength, nor is it held worthy that a Demon should put trust in that art, but rather in his own might and main."
- 2 To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken. transitive
"Ring out the grief that saps the mind[…]"
- 3 To strike with a sap (with a blackjack). slang, transitive
"[A]s he passes the mouth of a narrow alley two men step out quickly. One of them saps Marlowe expertly — they drag him out of sight."
- 4 excavate the earth beneath wordnet
- 5 To drain, suck or absorb sap from (a tree, etc.). transitive
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- 6 To gradually drain (someone's energy or vitality). transitive
"to sap one’s conscience"
- 7 deplete wordnet
- 8 To pierce with saps. transitive
- 9 To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of. transitive
"Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods, / Their houses fell upon their household gods."
- 10 To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.; To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps. intransitive, transitive
Etymology
From 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. sap (“naive person”) is a clipping of sapskull (literally “person with sap in their skull”).
From 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. sap (“naive person”) is a clipping of sapskull (literally “person with sap in their skull”).
From French saper (compare Spanish zapar and Italian zappare) from sape (“sort of scythe”), from Late Latin sappa (“sort of mattock”). The sense evolution of from “subvert by digging” to “weaken” was influenced by the sense above “drain wood of sap” as trench warfare receded from public conscience.
From French saper (compare Spanish zapar and Italian zappare) from sape (“sort of scythe”), from Late Latin sappa (“sort of mattock”). The sense evolution of from “subvert by digging” to “weaken” was influenced by the sense above “drain wood of sap” as trench warfare receded from public conscience.
Probably from sapling.
Probably from sapling.
Abbreviation.
Abbreviation.
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