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sapped

/sæpt/

sappedpast participle

/sæpt/

More precise categorization: the adjective derives directly from the past-participle form of the verb "sap."

Translations

épuiséSe dit d’une personne dont l’énergie ou la vitalité a été fortement diminuée.

After the long hike, she felt completely sapped and needed to rest.

Après la longue randonnée, elle se sentait complètement épuisée et avait besoin de se reposer.

Additional translations

vidéPlus familier ; met l’accent sur l’idée d’être privé de forces.

affaibliInsiste sur une perte de vigueur ou de force.

Definitions

Depleted of energy or vitality; weakened.

After the long hike, she felt completely sapped and needed to rest.

Synonyms

sapverb

sapped

Past Simple

sapped

Past Simple

sapped

Past Participle

sapping

ing-form

/sæp/

Translations

saperTerme militaire.

Throughout the night the engineers sapped silently toward the fortress walls.

Toute la nuit, les ingénieurs ont sapé silencieusement vers les murs de la forteresse.

saper

The long hours of work began to sap his energy.

Les longues heures de travail ont commencé à saper son énergie.

Additional translations

assommerAvec un casse-tête.

Definitions

To gradually weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of something or someone.

The long hours of work began to sap his energy.

To undermine or weaken a structure or foundation, often by removing support.

The constant erosion sapped the foundation of the old bridge.

Military. To dig a sap or approach trench toward an enemy fortification.

Throughout the night the engineers sapped silently toward the fortress walls.

To strike or knock unconscious with a sap (blackjack).

The guard was sapped from behind before he could raise the alarm.

Synonyms

sapnoun

Definitions

The fluid, chiefly water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts, that circulates in the vascular system of a plant.

The maple tree was tapped to collect its sap for syrup production.

A foolish or gullible person.

He felt like a sap for believing the scammer's story.

A deep, narrow trench constructed to approach or undermine an enemy's fortifications.

The soldiers dug a sap to get closer to the enemy's stronghold.

Vitality, energy, or vigor, especially characteristic of youth.

Even in his seventies, he still had the sap of a much younger man.

A short, flexible club used as a weapon; a blackjack.

The detective carried a sap in his coat pocket.

sapadjective

Definitions

Relating to, containing, or derived from plant sap; consisting of sap.

Sap residue can attract insects if not cleaned off the bark.