Neap

Definition: Neap

Neap

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "neap" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1874. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

NEAP

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonym: Neap

Contraction

Adjective: contracting; Verb: astringent; shrunk, contracted; Verb: strangulated, tabid, wizened, stunted; waning; Verb: neap, compact.

Lowness

Low water; low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide.

Adjective: low, neap, debased; nether, nether most; flat, level with the ground; lying low; Verb: crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate; (horizontal).

Crosswords: Neap

Expressions using "neap": neap tide ♦ neap tides. Additional references.

Albanian

baticë minimale (neap tide). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спада, квадратурен прилив, най-ниското ниво на прилив (neap tide). (various references)

Czech

spodní (bottom, downstairs, lower, Nether, under, underarm, underlying). (various references)

Danish

spildtoemmer (neaped timber). (various references)

Dutch

laag water doodtij (high water of neap tides, low water of neap tides), hoog water doodtij (high water of neap tides, low water of neap tides), doodtij (neap tide). (various references)

Farsi 

کهکشند, خفیف ترین جزرومد. (various references)

Finnish

vajaavuoksi (neap tide). (various references)

French

PNAE, Plan national d'Actions environnementales, Plan national d'Action pour l'Environnement, Plan d'Action national environnemental, PANE, bois trainard (neaped timber). (various references)

German

niedrig (base, basely, blackly, humble, low, lowly, low-slung, mean, menial, menially, sordid, squat, vile). (various references)

Greek 

ξύλο-απομεινάρι από υδάτινη μεταφορά (neaped timber). (various references)

Hebrew 

�'בב (pile). (various references)

Hungarian

apad (ebb, sank, sunk, to be on the wane, to dry, to dwindle, to ebb, to lessen, to sink, to wane), apály (ebb, Ebb tide, ebb-tide, low tide, low water). (various references)

Italian

ritirarsi (drop out, ebb, flinch, go back on, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, shrink, stand down, to shrink, to withdraw, withdraw), legname ritardatario (neaped timber), delle quadrature, abbassarsi (decrease, demean oneself, dip, droop, drop, ebb, fall, lower, prolapse, sag, sink, subside, truckle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

小潮 (neap tide). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"しお (neap tide). (various references)

Manx

ushtey noa (spring tide after neap), goll ergooyl (get back, recede, recession, retire, retreat, retrogress, retrogression, reverse; neap tide, setback, tergiversation, withdrawal), bioghey roayrt (spring tide after neap), bio (activated, afloat, alive, bright, hot, lifelike, live, live person, pictorial, spring tide after neap). (various references)

Pig Latin

eapnay.(various references)

Portuguese

neanderthal, maré morta, madeira presa nas águas mortas (neaped timber), madeira baixa (neaped timber), águas mortas. (various references)

Romanian

maree moartã, maree joasã (low water), maree de cvadraturã. (various references)

Russian 

убывать (decrease, ebb, recede, wane), квадратурный прилив (neap tide), квадратура (quadrature), дышло (pole). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

najniža plima (neap tide), zateći (catch, find, trap). (various references)

Spanish

marea muerta, madera de rebusque (neaped timber). (various references)

Swedish

nipflod (neap tide, near-tide). (various references)

Thai

กระแสน้ำที่ล�"ลง (neap tide). (various references)

Turkish

on beş günde bir olan hafif gelgit (neap tide). (various references)

Ukranian 

спадати (ebb, sag), квадратура (quadrature), дишло (beam, limber, pole). (various references)

Vietnamese 

xuống (down, downward, downwards, neap-tide). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "neap": neaps. (additional references)

Words ending with "neap": sneap. (additional references)

Words containing "neap": pineapple, pineapples, sneaped, sneaping, sneaps. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Neap" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eap, ena, enap, enapt, Enpa, geap, iniap, n'a, nadp, nae, Naea, Naei, naep, nafp, naip, Napap, napp, neac, nead, neah, neam, Neamp, nean, neapy, neas, Neau, neay, neaz, Neca, neeb, neej, neep, nefax, nega, nei, neib, neip, neiz, nelp, nema, neoz, neph, nepp, nerp, nesaf, nesp, neu, nevah, newp, nhap, Niapa, Niaz, niep, nipa, Njema, noap, noep, nopa, Nwapo, Nyup, veap, yeap, zeap. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nape, pane, pean.

-1 letter: ane, ape, nae, nap, pan, pea, pen.

-2 letters: ae, an, en, na, ne, pa, pe.

+1 letter: apnea, arpen, aspen, napes, nappe, neaps, paean, paeon, paned, panel, panes, panne, paten, peans, pecan, pekan, penal, penna, plane, plena, sneap, spean.

+2 letters: alpine, apneal, apneas, apneic, apnoea, append, arpens, arpent, aspens, bedpan, canape, dampen, daphne, encamp, enrapt, entrap, enwrap, eupnea, expand, happen, hapten, napery, napped, napper, nappes, nappie, paeans, paeons, paesan, pained, pander, panels, panged, pangen, panier, panned, pannes, panted, pantie, panzer, parent, patens, patent, patine, patten, pavane, pawned, pawnee, pawner, peahen, peanut, peasen, pecans, pechan, pedant, pekans, penang, penial, penman, pennae, pennia, pentad, petnap, pineal, pineta, pinnae, planed, planer, planes, planet, platen, pneuma, prance, preman, rapine, rappen, repand, replan, shapen, sneaps, speans, teopan, trepan, weapon.

+3 letters: alpines, anapest, apanage, aplenty, apnoeal, apnoeas, apnoeic, apogean, apolune, appends, aproned, aptness, arpents, bedpans, bepaint, biplane, canapes, capelan, capelin, caprine, chapmen, cheapen, cleanup, dampens, daphnes, dapsone, deadpan, depaint, deplane, dyspnea, elapine, empanel, emplane, encamps, enclasp, enplane, entraps, enwraps, epigean, epinaoi, epinaos, espanol, eupneas, eupnoea, expands, expanse, explain, explant, firepan, genipap, grapnel, hanaper, happens, haptene, haptens, headpin, heaping, heparin, heptane, hyponea, impanel, inphase, inscape, knapped, knapper, kneecap, kneepad, kneepan, leaping, maniple, manrope, napless, nappers, nappier, nappies, nonpeak, notepad, nymphae, opaline, operand, operant, packmen, padrone, paesani, paesano, paesans, pageant, painted, painter, pampean, panacea, panache, pancake, pandect, panders, pandied, pandies, pandore, paneled, pangene, pangens, panicle, paniers, pannier, panoche, panpipe, pansies, panther, panties, pantile, panzers, pardine, pardner, parents, partner, parvenu, pastern, patency, patents, patient, patinae, patined, patines, patness, pattens, pattern, pavanes, pawnage, pawnees, pawners, payment, peacing, peahens, peaking, pealing, peanuts, peasant, peccant, pechans, pedants, pelican, pembina, pemican, penally, penalty, penance, penangs, penates, pendant, penname, pennant, pennate, pentads, pentane, peonage, perinea, persona, pertain, petnaps, petunia, phaeton, phenate, phonate, phytane, picante, pikeman, pineals, pinesap, pinhead, pinnace, pinnate, pinwale, plained, plainer, planate, planche, planers, planets, planked, planned, planner, planted, planter, platane, platens, playpen, plenary, pneumas, polenta, praline, pranced, prancer, prances, pranged, pranked, prawned, prawner, preanal, predawn, prename, preplan, prewarn, profane, pronate, propane, protean, pudenda, putamen, pygmean, ranpike, rapines, reaping, repaint, repanel, replans, replant, reptant, saphena, sapiens, sapient, senopia, sharpen, snapped, snapper, sneaped, spaeing, spancel, spandex, spangle, spaniel, spanked, spanker, spanned, spanner, spawned, spawner, speaned, spelean, spinage, spinate, splenia, stewpan, subpena, synapse, teopans, trepang, trepans, undrape, unpaged, unpaved, unspeak, weapons.

+4 letters: airplane, alpinely, anableps, anapaest, anapests, anaphase, anglepod, antelope, antepast, antetype, antipode, antipole, antipope, antirape, antitype, anyplace, apanages, aperient, aphanite, aphelian, aphelion, apocrine, apolunes, appanage, apparent, appended, appendix, appetent, atropine, beanpole, bepaints, biplanes, campagne, camphene, camphine, canephor, canopied, canopies, capelans, capelins, capering, capeskin, caponier, caponize, capstone, catnaper, cenotaph, cephalin, chaperon, cheapens, cleanups, conepate, conepatl, coparent, dampened, dampener, dampness, dapsones, dauphine, deadpans, deanship, depaints, deplaned, deplanes, diaphone, dipteran, dognaped, dognaper, dopamine, dyspneal, dyspneas, dyspnoea, earphone, eggplant, egyptian, elaphine, elapsing, elephant, empaling, empanada, empanels, emplaned, emplanes, empyrean, encamped, enclasps, endocarp, endpaper, endplate, enplaned, enplanes, ensample, enthalpy, ependyma, epifauna, epinasty, epiphany, escaping, eupnoeas, expanded, expander, expandor, expanses, explains, explants, firepans, gantlope, genipaps, grapline, grapnels, gunpaper, gypseian, hanapers, happened, haptenes, haptenic, headpins, heparins, heptagon, heptanes, hypogean, hyponeas, hypopnea, impanels, impawned, inscapes, interlap, jalapeno, japanize, japanned, japanner, kephalin, kidnaped, kidnapee, kidnaper, knappers, knapweed, kneecaps, kneepads, kneepans, lagnappe, manciple, maniples, manpower, manropes, napalmed, naperies, napoleon, nappiest, neoplasm, newspeak, notepads, nymphean, oedipean, opalines, openable, opencast, operands, operants, orphaned, overplan, packness, padrones, paeanism, paesanos, paganise, paganize, pageants, paginate, painches, painless, painters, paintier, palatine, paleness, palinode, pampeans, panacean, panaceas, panaches, panatela, pancaked, pancakes, pancetta, pancreas, pandects, pandemic, pandered, panderer, pandores, paneling, panelist, panelled, panetela, panfried, panfries, pangenes, panicked, panicled, panicles, panmixes, panniers, panoches, panpipes, pantheon, panthers, pantiled, pantiles, pantofle, pantries, papering, papyrine, parament, paranoea, paravane, parcener, pardners, pardoned, pardoner, parental, parented, parergon, parlance, parlante, partaken, partners, parvenue, parvenus, pasterns, pastness, patented, patentee, patently, patentor, paternal, pathogen, patience, patients, patinate, patinize, patterns, patulent, paunched, paunches, pavement, pavonine, pawnable, pawnages, payments, peacenik, peaching, pearling, pearmain, peasants, peccancy, pedaling, pedantic, pedantry, pelicans, pelorian, pembinas, pemicans, pemmican, penalise, penality, penalize, penanced, penances, penchant, pendants, pendular, pennames, pennants, pennated, pentacle, pentagon, pentanes, pentanol, pentarch, pentosan, penumbra, peonages, peponida, perianth, perigean, perineal, permeant, peroneal, personae, personal, personas, pertains, petaline, petulant, petunias, phaetons, phalange, pheasant, phelonia, phenates, phenazin, phonated, phonates, phytanes, picayune, pieplant, pinafore, pinaster, pineland, pinesaps, pinheads, pinnaces, pinnacle, pinnated, pinnulae, pinwales, piquance, piscinae, pittance, placeman, placemen, placenta, plainest, planches, planchet, plangent, plankter, planless, planners, planters, plantlet, planulae, platanes, playpens, pleading, pleasant, pleasing, pleating, plebeian, pleonasm, polentas, polypnea, pomander, portance, poundage, pralines, prancers, prawners, preclean, predawns, preenact, prefrank, pregnant, prehuman, prenames, prenatal, preplans, preplant, prerenal, pressman, pretrain, prewarns, priapean, pristane, procaine, profaned, profaner, profanes, pronated, pronates, propanes, proteans, prunable, prunella, psoralen, ptomaine, pudendal, punctate, purslane, pygmaean, pyranose, ranpikes, raptness, repaints, repandly, repanels, repaving, repaying, replants, responsa, resprang, retaping, sandpeep, sandpile, saphenae, sapience, sapiency, saponine, saponite, saucepan, scalepan, seaplane, senopias, sepaline, seraphin, sharpens, sheepman, shrapnel, skiplane, snapless, snappers, snappier, snapweed, sneaping, spaceman, spacemen, spadones, spaeings, spalpeen, spancels, spandrel, spangled, spangles, spaniels, spankers, spanless, spanners, spavined, spawners, speaking, speaning, speargun, spearing, spearman, spearmen, spelaean, spinages, spinulae, splenial, sprained, stanhope, steapsin, stewpans, subpanel, subpenas, subpoena, superfan, superman, supernal, supinate, synapsed, synapses, tamponed, tapeline, tapenade, tapering, teaspoon, terrapin, thespian, tinplate, topazine, transept, trapline, trapnest, trappean, trepangs, triplane, triptane, uncapped, undamped, underlap, underpay, undraped, undrapes, unmapped, unpacked, unpacker, unpaired, unparted, unplaced, unplayed, unrepaid, unrepair, unshaped, unshapen, unspeaks, untapped, unwarped, uplander, volplane, warplane, weaponed, weaponry.

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