neap
1 Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of neap1
before 900; Middle English neep, Old English nēp-, in nēpflōd neap tide
Origin of neap2
1545–55 origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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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
Last week's was not only ebb but neap tide.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a neap tide, and the current was near slack.
From Time Magazine Archive
At neap tides the rock shows only a few black teeth with sea-weed gums above the surface.
From Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Maseden noticed that the high-water mark fell daily, so he reasoned that the Southern Cross struck during a high spring tide, and that the neap would occur in fourteen days.
From His Unknown Wife by Louis Tracy
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