NEAP

Etymology 1

Noun

neap (plural neaps)

The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.

Etymology 2

Adjective

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.

Verb

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

Noun

neap (plural neaps)

A neap tide.

Etymology 3

Noun

neap (plural neaps)

Alternative form of neep

Anagrams

• -pnea, NAPE, Pena, nape, pane, pané, pean

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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