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Definition neap
Etymology 1
Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian neip (“forked pole”).
Noun
neap (plural neaps)
Etymology 2
From Middle English neep, from Old English n?p (“scant, lacking”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *n?piz (“narrow”). Found especially in Old English n?pfl?d (“neap tide”, literally “low tide”). Compare Norwegian dialectal nøpen (“scarce, scant, barely enough”).
Adjective
neap (not comparable)
- (of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
- Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.
Verb
neap (third-person singular simple present neaps, present participle neaping, simple past and past participle neaped)
- To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.
- to ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail
Noun
neap (plural neaps)
- A neap tide.
Etymology 3
Noun
neap (plural neaps)
- Alternative form of neep
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