neap /niːp/adjective 2verb 2noun 2forms 3 adjective2 •Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide. •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.Little groups of sailors came swinging along and pushied their way noisily inside the gaudy joints. Sex everywhere: it was slopping over, a neap tide that swept the props from under the city. — 1934 verb2 •To trap (a ship) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.At 8, being high water, hauld her bow close ashore, but Keept her stern afloat, because I was afraid of Neaping her, and yet it was necessary to lay the whole of her as near the ground as possible. — 1770 •To ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail. noun2 •A neap tide.Both […] swam not landward, but toward the horizon. Very good luck, for they entered a neap rushing headlong toward shore and into a river beyond. — 2008 •The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. formsneaped · neaping · neaps
