neap
neap is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. [U.S.]
- 2.Low. Neap tides, the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides.
- 3.A neap tide. High springs and dead neaps. Harkwill.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adown
- basement
- below
- beneath
- bilge
- cellar
- concave
- crouch
- crouched
- debased
- debasement
- depress
- depression
- down
- downwards
- ebb
- feet
- flat
- floor
- foot
- ground
- grovel
- hold
- horizontal
- level
- lie
- low
- lower
- lowness
- lying
- molehill
- most
- nether
- par
- prostrate
- prostration
- slouch
- spring
- squat
- subjacent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is neap.
- What is the tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals. [U.S.] called?
- What is low. Neap tides, the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; -- opposed to spring tides called?
- What is a neap tide. High springs and dead neaps. Harkwill called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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