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neap

1

[ neep ]

adjective

  1. designating tides midway between spring tides that attain the least height.


noun

  1. neap tide.

neap

2

[ neep ]

noun

, New England.
  1. the pole or tongue of a cart, wagon, etc., drawn by two animals side by side.

neap

/ niːp /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or constituting a neap tide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. short for neap tide
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of neap1

before 900; Middle English neep, Old English nēp-, in nēpflōd neap tide

Origin of neap2

1545–55 origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins

Origin of neap1

Old English, as in nēpflōd neap tide, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

But when there has been a neap-tide in his temper for any time, you're sure to find it followed by a flood with a vengeance.

It was a time of neap or spring tide, besides which the wind was in the right direction to make the water rise very high.

One of the vessels out of which ale was drunk was the Saxon nap, now the neap, or nip, out of which we drink Burton ale.

The spring tides fill it, but during the neap tides the salt water is kept stagnant behind the sea-banks, making a small lagoon.

About twelve feet was the greatest rise, which I apprehend would be diminished to eight, at the neap tides.

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