sapped

Meanings

• Adjective

  Drained of strength, energy, or vitality.

  - "After the long hike, the explorers were sapped of their energy."
  - "The illness had left her sapped of her strength."
  - "The company's profits were sapped by the economic downturn."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with sapped
tapped , mapped , clapped , napped

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Variants

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sap , sapped , sapping , saps

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Etymology

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Originally meaning 'drained' or 'drawn out,' from the Old French 'sapper,' which meant 'to draw out sap or juice.'

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Trivia

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1. The term 'sapped' has been used in military contexts to describe a trench dug by enemy forces, particularly during World War I.

2. The term 'sapping' was also used in the early days of electricity to describe the process of drawing off electricity from a power source.

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Related Concepts

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1. exhausted: Related concept: being completely drained or tired, similar to being sapped.

2. depleted: Related concept: having a supply or resource reduced to a minimum, similar to being sapped.

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Culture

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In literature, 'sapped' is often used to describe characters or situations where energy or vitality has been drained. For example, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby,' the character Nick Carraway describes Gatsby as 'sapped with ennui.'

How to Memorize "sapped"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a tree being drained of its sap, leaving it weakened and unable to support itself.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'sapped' with feeling drained or exhausted.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the word 'sap' and the meaning 'drained' to help remember the definition of 'sapped'.

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