Definitions

1. noun

the juice or sap of plants, especially trees, obtained by tapping

“The tree was tapped to extract its sap for maple syrup production.”

2. noun

a weak or foolish person

“He’s always been a bit of a sap, believing everything he reads online.”

3. verb

to extract the sap from a tree or plant

“The forester knew how to sap the trees to get the sap for the syrup.”

4. verb

to make someone feel sentimental or emotional

“The romantic movie sap-ed me, and I ended up crying.”

5. verb

to remove the sapwood of a tree

“The lumberjack had to sap the tree to get the usable wood.”

6. verb

to weaken or sap someone’s strength or energy

“The illness sap-ed him and made him feel exhausted.”

7. verb

to drain or sap the life out of something

“The drought sap-ed the life out of the crops, and they began to wither.”