sapping

verbsqueeze out; weaken

Word Origin & History

"liquid in a plant," Old English sæpm from Proto-Germanic *sapam (cf. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch, Dutch sap, Old High German saf, German Saft "juice"), from PIE *sab- "juice, fluid" (cf. Latin sapere "to taste"), from root *sab- "juice, fluid" (cf. Sanskrit sabar- "sap, milk, nectar," Irish sug, Russian soku "sap," Lithuanian sakas "tree-gum"). As a verb meaning "To drain the sap from," 1725.

Example Sentences for sapping

It was beginning to feel that its strength was sapping away.

Slowly but surely this practice is sapping the vitality of the race.

The wind had still the sapping softness of the afternoon, but rain had held off so far.

But despite his resolution to live the loneliness was sapping Omega's spirit.

For a long time a terrible malady has been sapping her life.

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verb squeeze out; weaken

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