Neap Definition

nēp
adjective

Designating a type of tide that occurs after the first and third quarters of the lunar month: at these times the high tides are lower and the low tides are higher than the corresponding tides during spring tide, because of the gravitational effects of the right-angled alignment of the moon, earth, and sun.

Webster's New World
noun
Neap tide.
Webster's New World
The tongue of a wagon drawn by two animals.
Webster's New World
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verb

To trap a ship (ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.

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Other Word Forms of Neap

Noun

Singular:
neap
Plural:
neaps

Origin of Neap

  • Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian neip (“forked pole").

    From Wiktionary

  • Old English nÄ“p- in nÄ“pflōd (“neap tide").

    From Wiktionary

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