sapped

Variant of sap

sap definition

sap (sap)

noun

  1. the juice that circulates through a plant, esp. a woody plant, bearing water, food, etc. to the tissues
  2. any fluid vital to the life or health of an organism
  3. vigor; vitality

  4. Etymology: < saphead

    Slang a stupid person; fool

Etymology: ME < OE sæp, akin to Ger saft < IE base *sab-, var. of *sap-, to taste, perceive > L sapere, to taste, know

transitive verb sapped, sapping sap′·ping

to drain of sap

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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