noun
verb
definition
To drain, suck or absorb from (tree, etc.).
definition
To exhaust the vitality of.
noun
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A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
verb
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To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).
noun
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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.
verb
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To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
definition
To pierce with saps.
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To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
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To gradually weaken.
example
he saps my energy
definition
To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
Examples of saps in a Sentence
For sorrow results in death, and sorrow of heart saps one's strength.
Though generally of a mild character, it is persistently recurrent, and slowly saps and wears out the constitution; too often it is virulent and rapidly fatal.
For sorrow results in death, and sorrow of heart saps one 's strength.
Saps were then pushed on against Erh-Lung, and to help in their progress a Russian advanced work called " G " was captured on the 16th, by a skilfully combined attack of infantry and artillery.
Roland's experience demonstrated that not cold but heat is the agent which saps the constitution of the silkworm and makes it a ready prey to disease.
When you're playing against others who are invulnerable and can kill you with one shot, pass through walls, or can see you through obstacles, it saps all the fun out of the game.