sap

[ UK /sˈæp/ ]
[ US /ˈsæp/ ]
NOUN
  1. a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people
  2. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
  3. a person who lacks good judgment
VERB
  1. excavate the earth beneath
  2. deplete
    We quickly played out our strength
    exhaust one's savings
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How To Use sap In A Sentence

  • He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.
  • He did not seem overcome with pleasure at the idea of Philippa's visit, and she felt a little disappointed, but she had been interested in his talk; and as she went back to the house with Miss Mervyn, her mind was so full of it, that she felt obliged to tell her all about Tuvvy and Dennis, and her own plans for Becky's benefit. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes
  • A study by Conservation International, an American organisation, found that nearly a third of frogs, toads, newts and other amphibian species were likely to disappear within 100 years.
  • Woody stemmed plants, like Buddleia and plants that ooze sap, like Asclepias, should be cut and placed in hot water.
  • Strange flashes of varicoloured, rainbow light began to appear and disappear on the path before me.
  • Now that Gonzalez has rejected the Yankees, perhaps he can concentrate on turning a disappointing season into another banner year.
  • We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. Jim Rohn 
  • At every turn I met with disappointment.
  • The digital flux that frames our experience of physical and socio-political realities functions through continuous additions, subtractions, and disappearances.
  • So many useful shops disappear, to be replaced by a retail outlet that is not welcomed by many of us.
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