sapping

UK
/ˈsæpɪŋ/
US
/ˈsæpɪŋ/
sappingnoun
Translations
The constant stress was a sapping of his energy.
Постоянный стресс был истощением его энергии.
Additional translations
Definitions
The act of gradually weakening or destroying something.
The constant stress was a sapping of his energy and enthusiasm.
Military engineering activity of digging trenches (saps) toward an enemy fortification.
Sapping was essential during the siege to approach the castle walls safely.
sappinggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈsæpɪŋ/
US
/ˈsæpɪŋ/
Definitions
Gradually weakening or exhausting; draining strength or resources.
They marched under the sapping sun for hours.
sapverb

sapping

Gerund

sapped
Past Simple
sapped
Past Participle
sapping
Gerund
UK
/sæp/
US
/sæp/
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
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.
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.