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Rareneap
The correct spelling is neap.
How to pronounce neap
noun
IPA: /niːp/
Say it like: Nee-p
The correct spelling is neap. The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
- 2.A neap tide.
- 3.The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.
verb
- 1.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.
- 2.To ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail
adjective
- 1.(of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
- 2.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.
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