sap
1. a watery solution of sugars, salts, and minerals that circulates through the vascular system of a plant
• Derivationally related forms:
sappy
• Hypernyms:
solution
• Hyponyms:
manna
2. a person who lacks good judgment
• Syn:
fool, saphead, muggins, tomfool
• Derivationally related forms:
fool (for: fool)
• Hypernyms:
simpleton, simple
• Hyponyms:
ass, clown, buffoon, flibbertigibbet, foolish woman,
fucker, fathead, goof, goofball, bozo, jackass,
goose, cuckoo, twat, zany, meshuggeneh, meshuggener,
morosoph, putz, wally
3. a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle;
used for hitting people
• Syn:
blackjack, cosh
• Derivationally related forms:
cosh (for: cosh)
• Hypernyms:
bludgeon
1. deplete (Freq. 1)
- exhaust one's savings
- We quickly played out our strength
• Syn:
run down, exhaust, play out, tire
• Derivationally related forms:
sapper, exhaustion (for: exhaust)
• Hypernyms:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
exhaust, run through, wipe out
• Verb Group:
play out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. excavate the earth beneath
• Derivationally related forms:
sapper
• Hypernyms:
cave, undermine
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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