sap
SAP
definition
verb
our energy is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians
gradually weaken or destroy (a person's strength or power).
They complained that they were not allowed to use bombs or to sap and mine the streets held by the insurgents, and they did not want to give quarter to anyone any more.
dig a sap or saps.
noun
Create a living smorgasbord that includes plants with berries, foliage, fruit, nectar, nuts, pollen, sap , and seeds, so critters can dine on what they like.
the fluid, chiefly water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts, that circulates in the vascular system of a plant.
In the British army, a standard cry was ‘follow the sapper’, the term for those who, under engineer officers, dug the saps or shelter trenches used in the attack on fortresses.
a tunnel or trench to conceal an assailant's approach to a fortified place.
abbreviation
apothecaries' scruple.
translation of 'sap'
தாவர உயிர் சாறு
noun
மென் மரப்பகுதி
example
the hot, heady days of youth when the 'sap' was rising
Woody stemmed plants, like Buddleia and plants that ooze 'sap' , like Asclepias, should be cut and placed in hot water.
For example, you may in a rush grab processed or sugary snacks and drink lots of coffee, which can lower your immunity and 'sap' your energy.
the hot, heady days of youth when the 'sap' was rising
Travellers, short on water rations, have died drinking the milky 'sap' of its poisonous foliage.
Bees collect this gummy resin from tree 'sap' , flowers, and vegetables, and then mix it with their own beeswax.
There are thousands of Internet radio stations that 'sap' the power of a small number of program directors.
Major-General Pratt ordered his men to dig a long 'sap' trench.
The sucrose is transferred in the plant 'sap' from the leaf to the grape berry.
He fell for it! What a 'sap'!
Some theorists were attracted to notions of climatic determinism, believing that heat and humidity would 'sap' Australians' intellectual powers.
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.
It took me over an hour to get there for I met all the infantry coming down the 'sap' .
Vervet monkeys are omnivorous and consume a wide range of plant materials like fruits, seeds, 'sap' , and flowers.
Would I have the nerve to pick out a wig that was fun and frivolous, or would the illness 'sap' my sense of humor?
I hit him with a 'sap' .
He kept his arms and legs moving, feeling the energy 'sap' from his muscles.
They were fresh and flourishing, full of 'sap' and vigor, though many of them had been born long before him.
The combination of excess sugar 'sap' and sunny days create an abundance of the pigment anthocyanin and the brilliant fall colors of crimson and purple.
Immediately after the explosion, the besiegers could assault the fortress or extend their 'sap' trenches into the crater and reinforce them with gabions.
This writer's contempt for the sensitive 'sap' alone on a stool with his nylon-stringed guitar is matched only by his admiration for the one-man band-similar, but so much cooler.
All weaken a plant by sucking 'sap' , causing chlorotic spots on the tops of the leaves.
You can groove with your honey while not feeling like such a 'sap' .
Soybean aphids injure soybeans by removing plant 'sap' with their needle-like mouthparts.
Create a living smorgasbord that includes plants with berries, foliage, fruit, nectar, nuts, pollen, 'sap' , and seeds, so critters can dine on what they like.
You haven't dragged some poor 'sap' along all this way, have you?
He prepared his own paints by combining vegetable and mineral colorings with tree 'sap' in a grinding bowl.
He fell for it! What a 'sap'!
Hummingbirds favored the maguey cactus, and people who extracted the plant's 'sap' were also known as hummingbirds.
The theory behind this global community outreach program of mine is that the quickest and easiest way to 'sap' the power out of racial slurs and stereotypes is to dilute them with a bunch of nonsense.
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