neap

¹ American  

[neep] / nip /

adjective

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

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noun

1. neap tide.

neap ² American  

[neep] / nip /

noun

New England.

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

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neap British  

/ niːp /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or constituting a neap tide

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noun

1. short for neap tide

Etymology

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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Example Sentences

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neap

The smallest tides, called neap tides, occur when the Sun is at a 90º angle to the Earth-Moon alignment.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

There was a neap tide, and the current was near slack.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week's was not only ebb but neap tide.

From Time Magazine Archive

All kinds of waves possess more run at spring than at neap tides.

From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds

But the tides being neap, the lower parts, particularly where the beams rested on the rock, could not now be seen.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

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