Sap | Mean of sap in English Dictionary
/ˈsæp/
- Noun
- a watery juice inside a plant that carries the plant's food
- Sap is taken from maple trees to make syrup.
- a person who is easily tricked or cheated
- The poor sap believed everything she told him.
- Verb
- to use up the supply of (something, such as a person's courage, energy, strength, etc.)
- Moving the couch up the stairs sapped her strength.
- Months of rejections after job interviews sapped his confidence.
- to cause (someone) to lose courage, energy, strength, etc.
- The illness sapped him of his strength.
- Her last three losses have sapped her of her confidence.
