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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
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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