neap (plural neaps)
The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
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.
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
neap (plural neaps)
A neap tide.
neap (plural neaps)
Alternative form of neep
• -pnea, NAPE, Pena, nape, pane, panĂ©, pean
Source: Wiktionary
Neap, n. Etym: [Cf. Neb, Nape.]
Definition: The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. [U.S.]
Neap, a. Etym: [As. nepflod neap flood; cf. hnipian to bend, incline.]
Definition: Low. Neap tides, the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides.
Neap, n.
Definition: A neap tide. High springs and dead neaps. Harkwill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
