saps Meaning & Definition
Phonetic codes: S AE1 P S
What Does Saps Mean?
As a noun, saps means plural of sap. As a verb, it means third-person singular simple present indicative of sap. As a verb, it means To drain, suck or absorb from (tree, etc.).
Saps Definition (Noun)
- plural of sap
Saps as a Verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of sap
Noun
- The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
- The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.
- Any juice.
- Vitality.
- A naive person; a simpleton
Verb
- To drain, suck or absorb from (tree, etc.).
- To exhaust the vitality of.
Noun
- A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
Verb
- To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).
Noun
- 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
- To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
- To pierce with saps.
- To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
- To gradually weaken.
he saps my energy
- To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.
Synonyms of Saps
Saps synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Saps
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Saps in a Sentence
he saps my energy
Word Forms & Grammar
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