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Pronunciation
IPA|/sæp/
audio|en-us-sap.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æp

Etymology 1
From OE. sæp; akin to Old High German saf, German saft, Dutch #Dutch|sap, Icelandic safi; of uncertain origin; possibly akin to Latin sapere �to taste, to be wise�, sapa �must or new wine boiled thick�; compare sapid and sapient.

Noun
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en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
2. uncountable The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
3. context|slang|countable A simpleton; a saphead; a milksop; a naive person.
4. countable A leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.

Derived terms
crude sap
elaborated sap
sap ball
sap green
sap poison
sap rot
sap sucker
sap tube

Translations
trans-top|juice of plant
Dutch: t+|nl|sap|n
Finnish: mahla
French: sève f
German: Saft m
Italian: linfa f
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Korean: � (�, jeub, jeup), �� (樹液, suaeg, -aek)
Norwegian: sevje f
Russian: �ок (sok) m
Spanish: savia
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trans-top|sapwood of a tree
Dutch: t|nl|spint|n, t|nl|spinthout|n
German: Mantelholz n, Splint m
Italian: alburno m
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Russian: �ок (sok) m, живи�а (živíca) f
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trans-top|slang: saphead
Dutch: t|nl|slappeling|m, t|nl|imbeciel|m, t|nl|idioot|m, t-|nl|simpele|m
Finnish: hölmö
Italian: sempliciotto m, imbecille m, stupido m
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Norwegian: tosk m
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trans-top|a leather-covered hand weapon
Italian: manganello m
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ttbc|Interlingua: succo
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Etymology 2
From F. saper (compare Spanish zapar and Italian zapare) from sape �sort of scythe�, from LL. sappa �sort of mattock�.

Noun
en-noun

1. military A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.

Derived terms
sap fagot
sap roller
<!--From Webster 1913:
Sap fagot, (Military): a fascine about three feet long, used in sapping, to close the crevices between the gabions before the parapet is made
Sap roller, (Military): a large gabion, six or seven feet long, filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.
-->

Translations
trans-top|narrow ditch or trench
Finnish: juoksuhauta (most often "juoksuhauta" would translate into English as "trench". In Finnish the same word covers also "sap")
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Verb
en-verb|sap|p|ing

1. transitive To subvert by digging or wear away|wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.

#* rfdate Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods, / Their houses fell upon their household gods. � w:John Dryden|John Dryden

1. context|transitive|military To pierce with saps.
2. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.

#* rfdate Ring out the grief that saps the mind. � w:Alfred Tennyson|Alfred Tennyson

1. transitive To gradually weaken.

#* to sap one�s conscience

1. intransitive To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps � rfdate|provide real quoteW. P. Craighill

#* rfdate Both assaults carried on by sapping. � The Tatler

Translations
trans-top|undermine
Dutch: t|nl|ondermijnen, t+|nl|aantasten, t|nl|ondergraven
Finnish: heikentää
Italian: scalzare, minare
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trans-top|pierce with saps
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trans-top|make unstable; weaken
Dutch: t|nl|verzwakken, t+|nl|aantasten
Finnish: uuvuttaa, heikentää
Italian: indebolire, fiaccare, logorare
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trans-top|gradually weaken
Dutch: t-|nl|knagen aan, t+|nl|aantasten
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trans-top|proceed by mining
Dutch: t|nl|ondergraven
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Dutch

Noun
nl-noun2|n|pen|je

1. sap#English|sap (fluid in plants)
2. juice

Romani

Noun
sap m

1. snake

Category:Romani nouns

Turkish

Noun
sap

1. shaft

Category:Turkish nouns

Volapük

Noun
sap

1. wisdom

Category:Volapük nouns

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