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Noun
Plural for a foolish and gullible person
“You haven't dragged some poor sap along all this way, have you?”
Noun
Plural for the fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts
“A special type of beneficial root fungi, called mycorrhizae, actually grow into plant roots, feeding off plant sap but also providing water and nutrients to the plant.”
Noun
Plural for vigour or energy
“They were fresh and flourishing, full of sap and vigor, though many of them had been born long before him.”
Noun
Plural for a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
“… the sadistic prison guards freely used their saps to enforce discipline.”
Noun
Plural for the condition of being sound in body
“I may no longer have the sap of youth, but I do have the sapience that comes only with advanced years.”
Verb
To diminish the physical strength of
“To abandon this tradition would sap Australia's sense of itself.”
Verb
Verb
“The confirmation of his friend's guilt sapped him of all energy.”
Verb
To make demands or prove testing on
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