Sapped

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sap \Sap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sapped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Sapping}.] [F. saper (cf. Sp. zapar, It. zapare), fr. sape a
     sort of scythe, LL. sappa a sort of mattock.]
     1. To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to
        undermine; to destroy the foundation of.
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              Nor safe their dwellings were, for sapped by floods,
              Their houses fell upon their household gods.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. (Mil.) To pierce with saps.
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     3. To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.
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              Ring out the grief that saps the mind. --Tennyson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sap
       n 1: a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that
            circulates through the vascular system of a plant
       2: a person who lacks good judgment [syn: {fool}, {saphead}, {muggins},
           {tomfool}]
       3: a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle;
          used for hitting people [syn: {blackjack}, {cosh}]
       v 1: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
            strength" [syn: {run down}, {exhaust}, {play out}, {tire}]
       2: excavate the earth beneath
       [also: {sapping}, {sapped}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sapped
       See {sap}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "sapped":
     ausgespielt, burned-out, devitalized, disabled, drained, effete,
     enervated, enfeebled, eviscerated, exhausted, fatigued,
     incapacitated, played out, run-down, spent, used up, wasted,
     weakened, worn, worn-out