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neap

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. 1.The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
  2. 2.A neap tide.
  3. 3.The swede (rutabaga), called "turnip" in Scotland.

verb

  1. 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. 2.To ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail

adjective

  1. 1.(of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
  2. 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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