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- Dictionarysap/sap/
noun
- 1. a tunnel or trench to conceal an assailant's approach to a fortified place.
verb
- 1. dig a sap or saps: historical "having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, Versaillais troops entered the city"
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Their desires did not outstrip the means of satisfaction, and self-sufficiency prevailed, whereas the present was a time when desires for luxuries drained money, sapped discipline, and weakened health.
weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, undermine, sap, disable mean to lose or cause to lose strength or vigor. weaken may imply loss of physical strength, health, soundness, or stability or of quality, intensity, or effective power. a disease that weakens the body's defenses.
n. 1. a. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues. b. See cell sap. 2. Health and energy; vitality: The constant bickering drained his sap away. 3. Slang A foolish or gullible person. tr.v. sapped, sap·ping, saps. 1. To drain (a tree, for example) of sap. 2.
From International Business Times. An even more insidious culprit may be conference realignment, which has sapped opportunities from midmajor conferences in both obvious and subtle ways. From Chicago Tribune. The drop sapped the country's oil-dependent economy and its currency, the ruble, which has lost 40 percent of its value in the past year.
To sap something is to drain or deplete something over time. If you sap a maple tree, you drain the liquid inside it to make maple syrup. But if you sap a person of strength, you've rendered him defenseless. Whether used as a noun or verb, sap is rarely a good thing.
1. verb. If something saps your strength or confidence, it gradually weakens or destroys it. I was afraid the sickness had sapped my strength. [VERB noun] Analysts say the recession has sapped investor confidence. [VERB noun] Synonyms: weaken, drain, undermine, rob More Synonyms of sap. 2. uncountable noun.
She had eluded him for so long: it was like a wound which sapped at the very source of his energy.
to make someone weaker or take away strength or an important quality from someone, especially over a long period of time: Constant criticism saps you of your confidence. Taking care of her dying mother had sapped all her energy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming and making less strong. abatement. adulterant. adulterated.
n. [Fort.]a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position. v.t. [Fort.] to approach (a besieged place or an enemy position) by means of deep, narrow trenches protected by gabions or parapets. to dig such trenches in (ground). to undermine; weaken or destroy insidiously. v.i.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of sap. Wiktionary. Synonyms: attenuated. debilitated. enfeebled. undone. devitalized. enervated. weakened. undermined. depleted. drained. exhausted. impoverished. subverted. destroyed. tired. Antonyms: strengthened. built. increased. helped. revitalized. Sapped Sentence Examples.
