neap

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈniːp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/nip/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(nēp)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
neap1 /nip/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Oceanographydesignating those tides, midway between spring tides, that attain the least height.

n. [countable]
  1. Oceanographyneap tide.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
neap1  (nēp),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Oceanographydesignating tides midway between spring tides that attain the least height.

n. 
  1. Oceanographyneap tide. See diag. under tide 1.
  • Middle English neep, Old English nēp-, in nēpflōd neap tide bef. 900

neap2  (nēp),USA pronunciation n. [New Eng.]
  1. Dialect Termsthe pole or tongue of a cart, wagon, etc., drawn by two animals side by side.
  • 1545–55 origin, originally uncertain

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
neap / niːp/
  1. of, relating to, or constituting a neap tide
  1. short for neap tide
Etymology: Old English, as in nēpflōd neap tide, of uncertain origin
'neap' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Maclean - neap tide - neaped - spring tide - tide

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