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saps

We have found lemma(root) word of saps : sap.

Definitions


[sap], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English sæp, probably of Germanic origin. The verb (dating from the mid 18th century) is often interpreted as a figurative use of the notion ‘drain the sap from’, but is derived originally from the verb sap, in the sense ‘undermine’


[sap], (Verb)

Definitions:
- gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power)
(e.g: our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English sæp, probably of Germanic origin. The verb (dating from the mid 18th century) is often interpreted as a figurative use of the notion ‘drain the sap from’, but is derived originally from the verb sap, in the sense ‘undermine’


[sap], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a tunnel or trench to conceal an assailant's approach to a fortified place


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘dig a sap or covered trench’): from French saper, from Italian zappare, from zappa ‘spade, spadework’, probably from Arabic sarab ‘underground passage’, or sabora ‘probe a wound, explore’


[sap], (Verb)

Definitions:
- dig a sap or saps
(e.g: having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, Versaillais troops entered the city)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘dig a sap or covered trench’): from French saper, from Italian zappare, from zappa ‘spade, spadework’, probably from Arabic sarab ‘underground passage’, or sabora ‘probe a wound, explore’


[sap], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a foolish and gullible person
(e.g: He fell for it! What a sap!)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 19th century: abbreviation of dialect sapskull ‘person with a head like sapwood’, from sap (in the sense ‘sapwood’) + skull


[sap], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a bludgeon or club


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century (as a noun): abbreviation of sapling (from which such a club was originally made)


[sap], (Verb)

Definitions:
- hit with a bludgeon or club
(e.g: it was nice to see someone else get sapped for a change)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century (as a noun): abbreviation of sapling (from which such a club was originally made)




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