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Definition sap
Etymology 1
From Middle English sap, from Old English sæp (“juice, sap”), from Proto-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 ?????? (sópli, “snivel”), Armenian ??? (ham, “juice, taste”), Avestan ??-???? (vi-š?pa, “having poisonous juices”), Sanskrit ???? (sabar, “juice, nectar”)). More at sage.
Noun
Verb
sap (third-person singular simple present saps, present participle sapping, simple past and past participle sapped)
- (transitive, slang) To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).
Etymology 3
From French saper (compare Spanish zapar and Italian zappare) from sape (“sort of scythe”), from Late Latin sappa (“sort of mattock”).
Noun
sap (plural saps)
- (military) 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.
Verb
sap (third-person singular simple present saps, present participle sapping, simple past and past participle sapped)
- (transitive) To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
- (transitive, military) To pierce with saps.
- (transitive) To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
- (transitive) To gradually weaken.
- (intransitive) To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
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