1. The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying food and other substances to the various tissues: Maple syrup is made from the sap tapped from sugar maple trees.
2. A leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack: The robber used his sap on the poor victim when he tried to resist being robbed.
3. A slang term for a person who is easily tricked or cheated: The poor sap believed everything Audrey told him.

1. To use up the supply of something; such as, a person's courage, energy, strength, etc.: Carrying things up and down the steps for hours can sap the strength of just about everyone.

These unemployed people complained that months of not being able to get a job can really sap them of their self-confidence and even cause serious depression.

2. To cause a person to lose courage, energy, strength, etc.: Calvin's illness tended to sap him of his mental and physical strength to such a degree that he was on the verge of giving up any further medical treatment.

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