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NEAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neap mean? 

NEAP (noun)
  The noun NEAP has 1 sense:

1. a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moonplay

  Familiarity information: NEAP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEAP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

neap; neap tide

Hypernyms ("neap" is a kind of...):

high tide; high water; highwater (the tide when the water is highest)


 Context examples 


By tracking 'gators, the ecologists determined that alligators remain in marine habitats for longer periods around spring tides — tides just after a full or new moon, when there's the greatest difference between high and low water. (In contrast, neap tides occur just after the first or third quarters of the moon, when there is the least change between high and low water.)

(Alligators, rulers of the swamps, link marine and freshwater ecosystems, NSF)



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