plural of neap

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of neap

The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.

(of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.

To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides. / to ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail

A neap tide.

Alternative form of neep

present participle of neap

simple past tense and past participle of neap

(nautical) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, preventing floating till the next spring tide.