different between neap vs napp

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)

1. 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)

1. (of a tide) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
2. 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)

1. 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.
2. to ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail
   

Noun

neap (plural neaps)

1. A neap tide.

Etymology 3

Noun

neap (plural neaps)

1. Alternative form of neep

References

Anagrams

• -pnea, NAPE, Pena, nape, pane, pané, pean

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

napp

1. imperative of nappe

Swedish

Noun

napp c

1. a (baby's) pacifier
2. nipple (artificial nipple for bottle-feeding)

Declension

Synonyms

• (pacifier): tröst
• (artificial nipple for bottle-feeding): dinapp

Related terms

• nappflaska