[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the juice or vital circulating fluid of a plant, especially of a woody plant.", "any vital body fluid.", "energy ; vitality .", "sapwood .", "Slang.a fool ; sucker ; dupe .", "Metallurgy.soft metal at the core of a bar of blister steel."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to drain the sap from."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Fortification.a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to undermine; gradually or insidiously weaken or destroy.Synonyms: undermine , weaken , tire , impair , enfeeble , enervate , drain , deplete , exhaust", "Fortification.to approach (a besieged place or an enemy position) by means of deep, narrow trenches protected by gabions or parapets.to dig such trenches in (ground).", "to approach (a besieged place or an enemy position) by means of deep, narrow trenches protected by gabions or parapets.", "to dig such trenches in (ground)."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Fortification.to dig a sap."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a short club with a heavy tip that is used as a weapon; blackjack ; bludgeon :The burglar carried a set of lockpicks and a sap."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to hit (someone) with a club:If he tries to sneak out, I'll sap him over the head."]}]