sapling
Use Sapling in a sentence
lɪŋ noun
1.
a young tree.
2.
a young person.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a young tree |
| 2. | literary a youth |
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Sapling
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
sapling
1415, from sap (n.1) + dim. suffix -ling. This is probably the source of Amer.Eng. slang sap "club, short staff" (1899) and the verb sap "to hit (someone) with a sap" (1926).
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Example sentences
Control methods include cutting the tree or sapling down and treating the stump with an herbicide to prevent resprouting.
No more than sapling tied to sapling, oak though they may be, makes an oak.
Sapling shrubs benefited from the open canopy treatments more than sapling trees.
Sometimes the families request that a sapling be planted in the other tree's place.
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