different between neam vs neap
neam
English
Etymology
From an incorrect division of mine eam (my uncle). Compare naunt.
Noun
neam (plural neams)
- (dialectal) Alternative form of eam
Anagrams
- -mane, -nema, Amen, Eman, Enma, MEAN, MENA, Mena, NAmE, NEMA, NMEA, amen, mane, mean, mnae, name, namé, ñame
Latin
Verb
neam
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of ne?
Romanian
Etymology
From Hungarian nem, of unknown origin.
Noun
neam n (plural neamuri)
- family, sort, kin, tribe
- ancestry, lineage, descent extraction, origin
- nation, people
Synonyms
- familie, gen, trib, origine, gint?, na?iune, popor, ras?
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From nemati, through elision of /m/.
Verb
neam ? (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of nemati
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neap
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?p, IPA(key): /ni?p/
- Rhymes: -i?p
Etymology 1
Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian neip (“forked pole”).
Noun
neap (plural neaps)
- The tongue or pole of a cart or other vehicle drawn by two animals.
Etymology 2
From Middle English neep, from Old English n?p (“scant, lacking”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *n?piz (“narrow”). Found especially in Old English n?pfl?d (“neap tide”, literally “low tide”). Compare Norwegian dialectal nøpen (“scarce, scant, barely enough”).
Adjective
neap (not comparable)
- (of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
- Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.
Translations
Verb
neap (third-person singular simple present neaps, present participle neaping, simple past and past participle neaped)
- 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
Noun
neap (plural neaps)
- A neap tide.
Etymology 3
Noun
neap (plural neaps)
- Alternative form of neep
References
Anagrams
- -pnea, NAPE, Pena, nape, pane, pané, pean