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sap
UK
/sæp/
US
/sæp/
saps
pl
Translations
The tree's sap is collected to make syrup.
Сок дерева собирают для приготовления сиропа.
He felt like a sap for believing her lies.
Он чувствовал себя дураком за то, что поверил её лжи.
Additional translations
Definitions
The maple tree was tapped to collect its sap for syrup production.
He felt like a sap for believing the scammer's story.
The soldiers dug a sap to get closer to the enemy's stronghold.
Even in his seventies, he still had the sap of a much younger man.
The detective carried a sap in his coat pocket.
sapped
Past Simple
sapped
Past Participle
sapping
Gerund
UK
/sæp/
US
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Translations
The long hours of work began to sap his energy.
Долгие часы работы начали истощать его энергию.
Continuous stress can sap your mental health.
Постоянный стресс может подрывать ваше психическое здоровье.
Additional translations
Definitions
The long hours of work began to sap his energy.
The constant erosion sapped the foundation of the old bridge.
Throughout the night the engineers sapped silently toward the fortress walls.
The guard was sapped from behind before he could raise the alarm.
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Attributive use, typically before another noun, meaning 'relating to plant sap' or 'derived from sap'.
Definitions
Sap residue can attract insects if not cleaned off the bark.