neap

• POS: Adjective, Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

neap, n. [Cf. Neb, Nape.].

 The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.  [1913 Webster]

neap, a. [As. nflhnipian to bend, incline.].

 Low.  [1913 Webster]

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. 

 A neap tide.  [1913 Webster]
"High springs and dead neaps."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

neap, n. & v.
--n. (in full neap tide) a tide just after the first and third quarters of the moon when there is least difference between high and low water.
--v.
1 intr. (of a tide) tend towards or reach the highest point of a neap tide.
2 tr. (in passive) (of a ship) be kept aground, in harbour, etc., by a neap tide.

Etymology

OE nepflod (cf. FLOOD), of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

neap

couchant, crouched, dead low water, debased, depressed, direct tide, ebb, ebb and flow, ebb tide, flat, flood, flood tide, flow, flux, flux and reflux, full tide, high tide, high water, knee-high, knocked flat, laid low, low, low tide, low water, low-built, low-hung, low-level, low-leveled, low-lying, low-set, low-statured, lunar tide, neap tide, opposite tide, prone, recumbent, refluence, reflux, rip, riptide, runty, short, solar tide, spring tide, squat, squatty, stooped, stumpy, supine, thalassometer, tidal amplitude, tidal current, tidal current chart, tidal flow, tidal range, tide, tide chart, tide gate, tide gauge, tide race, tide rip, tidewater, tideway, unelevated

ROGET THESAURUS

neap

Contraction

N contraction, reduction, diminution, decrease of size, defalcation, decrement, lessening, shrinking, compaction, tabes, collapse, emaciation, attenuation, tabefaction, consumption, marasmus, atrophy, systole, neck, hourglass, condensation, compression, compactness, compendium, squeezing, strangulation, corrugation, astringency, astringents, sclerotics, contractility, compressibility, coarctation, inferiority in size, contracting, astringent, shrunk, contracted, strangulated, tabid, wizened, stunted, waning, neap, compact, unexpanded &c (expand), contractile, compressible, smaller &c (small).

Lowness

N lowness, debasement, depression, prostration, depression, molehill, lowlands, basement floor, ground floor, rez de chaussee, cellar, hold, bilge, feet, heels, low water, low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide, low, neap, debased, nether, nether most, flat, level with the ground, lying low, crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate, under, beneath, underneath, below, downwards, adown, at the foot of, under foot, under ground, down stairs, below stairs, at a low ebb, below par.