Definition of neaps Neaps
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What does neaps mean?
Wiktionary 
- neaps (Noun)
Plural of neap.
Part of speech
🔤- neaps, noun, plural of neap.
WordNet
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| neap - a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon | ||
| neap tide | ||
| high tide, high water, highwater the tide when the water is highest | ||
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Wiktionary
- neap (Noun)
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. - neap (Noun)
A neap tide . - neap (Verb)
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 tide s. - neap (Adjective)
Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- neap (n.)
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. - neap (a.)
Low. - neap (n.)
A neap tide.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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neap
nēp, adj. low, applied to the lowest tides.—n. a neap-tide: the lowest point of the tide.—adj. Neaped, left aground from one high tide to another. [A.S. nép, orig. hnép; Dan. knap, Ice. neppr, scanty.]
Part of speech
🔤- neap, noun, singular of neaps.
- neap, adjective.
