Definition/Meaning of sap

• English - Noun: sap (countable and uncountable, plural saps) (uncountable) The juice of plant s of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition . (uncountable) The sapwood , or alburnum , of a tree. (countable, uncountable) Any juice . (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Vitality . 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development,…
• English - Verb: sap (third-person singular simple present saps, present participle sapping, simple past and past participle sapped) (figuratively, transitive) To exhaust the vitality of. 2022 April 12, Neil Johnston, “Real Madrid 2-3 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport: While Tuchel will be delighted with the way his players responded, there will be concern at how much the energy- sapping 120 minutes has taken out of them.…
• English - Anagrams: APS asp , ASP pas , Pas , PAs Psa ., PSA spa , Spa
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Middle English sap , from Old English sæp (“juice, sap”), from Proto-West Germanic *sap (“sap, juice”) (compare Dutch sap, German Saft , Icelandic safi ), from Proto-Indo-European *sab-, *sap- (“to taste”) (compare Welsh syb-wydd (“fir”), Latin sapa (“must, new wine”), Russian со́пли (sópli, “snivel”), Old Armenian համ (ham, “taste”), Avestan - (vi-šāpa, “having poisonous…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA: /sæp/ Rhymes: -æp