āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to sap
01
āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to gradually drain or deplete someone's power or strength
Transitive: to sap power or strength
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Working long hours without breaks can sap physical energy.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛ā§ āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
to undermine or hollow out the ground beneath something
Transitive: to sap the ground
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The burrowing rodents had sapped the earth beneath the fence, causing it to sag and lose stability.
āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ˛āĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻŋ, āĻĄāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž
a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
02
a gullible or easily fooled person
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Only a sap would believe that obvious email phishing trick.
03
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒ
a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
sapper
sap
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
