Associations to the word «Neap»

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

NEAP, adjective. (of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.

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.

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 tides.

NEAP, noun. A neap tide.

NEAP, noun. Alternative form of neep

NEAP TIDE, noun. The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.

NEAP TIDES, noun. Plural of neap tide

NEAP, noun. A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.