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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#m1)

2) (verb) To sap your strength or energy is to slowly make you weaker or more tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#m2)

3) (informal, old) A silly person who is easily tricked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x1)
- Sticky sap ran down the pine tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x2)
- Sap carries water and food through the plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x3)
- The heat sapped our energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x4)
- My hands were covered in sap after climbing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x5)
- Some plants have sap that can burn your skin, so don't touch them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x6)
- The long walk sapped his strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x7)
- Within the garden grew large trees, full of sap; but whether they were palm-trees or gigantic water-plants, the prince knew not. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/59-seeds-and-fruit-and-how-they-travel/17/)
- [Look at a rose stem covered in tiny green aphids sucking sweet sap.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/334-the-garden-in-summer-flowers-aphids-ladybirds-and-flying-ant-day/1/)
- [Its sap makes skin burn badly in sunlight, so never touch it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/4/)
- [In Dublin, Amelia's stepbrother tells her, «You're not my real sister, ye sap.» It hurts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/505-half-and-step-siblings/18/)
- [Rubber was a Native American discovery, made from the sap of trees.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/18-the-maya/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.