I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sap morale (= to gradually lower morale )
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Knowing it was all pointless sapped my morale.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
poor
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An innocent bystander kneeled over. Poor sap .
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Just telling the poor saps was not enough, though.
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The poor saps come round here and act like they're his equals, and he plays with them.
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Now I no longer make fun of those poor saps .
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There are no journalists in the country, excluding the poor saps whose job is to regurgitate what the party tells them.
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Because I am one of those poor saps .
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Maybe it's just me, as another poor sap outside the family circle.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By this stage the sap in the vine will have withdrawn into the roots.
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Freezing is further inhibited when the cell sap is divided into several vacuoles rather than a single large one.
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He is hardly a sentimental sap who is prone to vicarious patriotism.
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In winter it grew dark and fed on the sap in trees, or the blood of animals.
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Prune all the stems back to within about 4in of the ground in mid to late March when the sap is rising.
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The country was young, like the century, and full of sap .
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There are distinct forms, each with its own beautiful shade of brilliant emerald, sap , and yellowish green.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
energy
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The Maastricht issue ravaged the party, and sapped the energy and authority of government and prime minister.
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Whatever the cause, toxic work situations sap your energy and lull you into a stupor.
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The long trek in hot weather sapped our energy and emptied our water bottles.
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But the heat and high humidity sapped my energy .
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After facing your fear you will be stronger by knowing yourself more deeply and fear will no longer be sapping your vital energy .
strength
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It sapped my strength and made sweat trickle into my eyes.
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It makes you sick, it saps every bit of strength you got.
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The effort began to sap his strength and his muscles quivered as at last he pulled himself over the icy edge.
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First, he had to deal with diabetes that sapped his strength .
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The first 25 metres are 8a+, serving to sap strength and stamina for the harder moves to come.
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Four years ago, Johnson contracted food poisoning prior to the Olympics, the illness sapping his strength and ruining his conditioning.
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Insomnia plagued her and sapped her strength .
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He also began to believe that clashes between the two most important opposition figures would sap their strength .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A brief electrical outage had sapped its power.
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It sapped my strength and made sweat trickle into my eyes.
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It makes you sick, it saps every bit of strength you got.
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It was full of long baseline rallies that sap the concentration and the patience.
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That, in turn, has started to sap enthusiasm throughout the high-technology sector.
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The effort began to sap his strength and his muscles quivered as at last he pulled himself over the icy edge.
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Their energy and physique had been sapped by interbreeding.