noun / adjective
neap
NEEP/nip/
A tide with little difference between high and low water.
During a neap tide, high and low water levels stay close.
Etymology
The word is recorded in Old English nepflod, naming the tide whose high waters are lowest. Its original sense may have been 'without power,' but that explanation remains uncertain.
In context
this is called neap tides so there we go a bit of information about tides and why we have them
More examples
- The tide chart shows two neaps this month.
- We plan our harbor survey for the next neap.
- Neap tides occur near the moon's first and third quarters.
Forms
neap · neaps
Similar words
- tide
- Refers to any regular tidal rise and fall, regardless of range.