sap

«sap» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the liquid inside plants and trees that carries water and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (sap); verb (sap, saps, sapped, sapping)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sap is the liquid inside plants and trees that carries water and food around them. tree →

2) (verb) To sap your strength or energy is to slowly make you weaker or more tired. tree →

3) (informal, old) A silly person who is easily tricked. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The Psalms use sap for life and freshness, saying the righteous stay full of sap even in old age, while David's sap dries when he hides his sin. Interpretation: Tradition reads the full sap of old age as a promise that the righteous stay lively in spirit, and the dry sap as the pain of unconfessed wrongdoing. In the primary lessons: Used in science lessons about plants: sap moves through the stem. In everyday life: maple syrup is made from maple tree sap; sticky sap on your hands. Safety: some plant sap irritates skin. Phrase: "sap someone's energy".

examples

• They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and richness; (Writings PSA.92.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; my sap was turned as in the droughts of summer. (Writings PSA.32.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Maple syrup is made from tree sap. tree →
• Sticky sap ran down the pine tree. tree →
• Sap carries water and food through the plant. tree →
• The heat sapped our energy. tree →
• My hands were covered in sap after climbing. tree →
• Some plants have sap that can burn your skin, so don't touch them. tree →
• The long walk sapped his strength. tree →
• Within the garden grew large trees, full of sap; but whether they were palm-trees or gigantic water-plants, the prince knew not. tree →

note

Noun "sap" is uncountable. Verb doubles the p: sapped, sapping.

In the corpora

• For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; my sap was turned as in the droughts of summer.
• They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and richness;
• Maple syrup comes from the sugary sap of the sugar maple tree in Canada and the USA.
• Look at a rose stem covered in tiny green aphids sucking sweet sap.
• Its sap makes skin burn badly in sunlight, so never touch it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.