sap

«sap» in Mova's school 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

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

• 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

• 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.
• In Dublin, Amelia's stepbrother tells her, «You're not my real sister, ye sap.» It hurts.
• Rubber was a Native American discovery, made from the sap of trees.

Trees and pragmatics

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