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- [sap]
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- /sæp/
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- [sap]
- /sæp/
Definitions of sap word
- noun sap Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position. 1
- verb with object sap Fortification. 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). 1
- verb with object sap to undermine; weaken or destroy insidiously. 1
- verb without object sap Fortification. to dig a sap. 1
- noun sap plant, tree: fluid 1
- transitive verb sap strength, will: deplete 1
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Origin of sap
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English sæp; cognate with Dutch sap; akin to German Saft juice, Old Norse safi; in def. 5 a shortening of saphead
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Parts of speech for Sap
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sap popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sap usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sap
verb sap
- actioned — Simple past tense and past participle of action.
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
noun sap
- airhead — If you describe someone, especially a young woman, as an airhead, you are critical of them because you think they are not at all clever and are interested only in unimportant things.
- aqua — Aqua is the same as the colour aquamarine.
- aqua vitae — alcohol
- aquae — Chiefly Pharmacology. water. a liquid. a solution, especially in water.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
adj sap
- apple — An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh.
- aquamarine — Aquamarines are clear, greenish-blue stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
- beryl — a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granites and igneous rocks. It is a source of beryllium and is sometimes used as a gemstone; the green variety is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Composition: beryllium aluminium silicate. Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18. Crystal structure: hexagonal
- bice — a medium blue colour; azurite
- blue-green — a color about midway between blue and green in the spectrum.
adjective sap
- kelly — a man's stiff hat, as a derby or straw skimmer.
- olive — a female given name.
- willow — any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, characterized by narrow, lance-shaped leaves and dense catkins bearing small flowers, many species having tough, pliable twigs or branches used for wickerwork, etc. Compare willow family.
Antonyms for sap
verb sap
- activize — to make active
- goose — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- goosed — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
- innervate — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
- innervated — to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
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