English to English

sap
(s/&/p )

noun (n)

  • a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant(noun.substance)
    source: wordnet30
  • a person who lacks good judgment(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    blackjack, cosh
    source: wordnet30
  • The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • deplete(verb.possession)
    source: wordnet30
  • excavate the earth beneath(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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