sap
/sæp/
noun
- The liquid that flows through a plant, carrying water and nutrients.
- The tree's sap dripped from the cut branch.
- Maple sap is collected in early spring to make syrup.
- Some plants have sticky sap that protects them from insects.
- A person who is easily fooled or taken advantage of; a naive person.
- She called him a sap for falling for the old trick.
- He felt like a sap for believing her lies.
- Don't be a sap and give your money to that scammer.
- A trench or tunnel dug to approach an enemy position.
- They used a sap to get close without being seen.
- The general ordered a new sap to be built overnight.
- The soldiers dug a sap toward the enemy fort.
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verb
- To gradually weaken or drain someone's energy, strength, or resources.
- The heat sapped the strength from the workers.
- The long hike sapped all my energy.
- Constant worry can sap your happiness.
- To dig a trench or tunnel to approach an enemy position.
- The troops sapped through the night to reach the fort.
- They sapped under the enemy's defenses.
- The engineers sapped toward the castle walls.
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