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Neap

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Noun

1. neap, neap tide

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

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Neap

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adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or constituting a neap tide
noun
2.  short for neap tide

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Neap

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adjective
1. 
designating a type of tide that occurs after the first and third quarters of the lunar month: at these times the high tides are lower and the low tides are higher than the corresponding tides during spring tide because of the gravitational effects of the right-angled alignment of the moon, earth, and sun
noun
2. 
neap tide
noun
Dialectal
the tongue of a wagon drawn by two animals

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