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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 moon
Familiarity information: NEAP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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