SAP (sapped, sapping)
Dictionary entry overview: What does sap mean?
• SAP (noun)
The noun SAP has 3 senses:
1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
2. a person who lacks good judgment
3. a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
Familiarity information: SAP used as a noun is uncommon.
• SAP (verb)
The verb SAP has 2 senses:
1. deplete
2. excavate the earth beneath
Familiarity information: SAP used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SAP (noun)
Meaning:
A watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("sap" is a kind of...):
solution (a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sap"):
manna (hardened sugary exudation of various trees)
Meaning:
A person who lacks good judgment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
tomfool; saphead; muggins; fool; sap
Hypernyms ("sap" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sap"):
ass (a pompous fool)
Wally (a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid)
putz ((Yiddish) a fool; an idiot)
morosoph (a learned fool)
meshuggeneh; meshuggener ((Yiddish) a crazy fool)
bozo; cuckoo; fathead; goof; goofball; goose; jackass; twat; zany (a man who is a stupid incompetent fool)
fucker (a stupid despised man)
flibbertigibbet; foolish woman (a female fool)
buffoon; clown (a rude or vulgar fool)
Meaning:
A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cosh; blackjack; sap
Hypernyms ("sap" is a kind of...):
bludgeon (a club used as a weapon)
• SAP (verb)
Meaning:
Deplete
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
sap; play out; exhaust; tire; run down
Context examples:
exhaust one's savings / We quickly played out our strength
Hypernyms (to "sap" is one way to...):
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Excavate the earth beneath
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "sap" is one way to...):
cave; undermine (hollow out as if making a cave or opening)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
