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Sap Verb Sæp  Word Origin Maple Sth Sapped

Front sap
Back sap
noun, verb
BrE /sæp/
NAmE /sæp/
noun
 word origin
1 [uncountable] the liquid in a plant or tree that carries food to all its parts

Maple syrup is made from sap extracted from the sugar maple tree.
2 [countable] (informal, especially NAmE) a stupid person that you can easily trick, or treat unfairly

The poor sap never knew what was going on behind his back.
verb
 verb forms
 word origin
 example bank
(-pp-)
to make sth/sb weaker; to destroy sth gradually
~ sth
The hot sun sapped our energy.
~ sb (of sth) Years of failure have sapped him of his confidence.

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