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# sap

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

«sap» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sap is the liquid inside plants and trees that carries water and food around them. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#m2)
3. (informal, old) A silly person who is easily tricked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#m3)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x1)
- Sticky sap ran down the pine tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x2)
- Sap carries water and food through the plant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x3)
- The heat sapped our energy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x4)
- My hands were covered in sap after climbing. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x6)
- The long walk sapped his strength. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/#x8)

### Note

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

## In 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.

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sap/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sap/#x2)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sap» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sap.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sap» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sap/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sap» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sap.html) on Mova free.