neap

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

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

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Low; lowest; the ebb or lowest point of a tide.
2. (not-comparable) 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.

Verb

1. (transitive) To trap (a ship) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.
2. (intransitive) To ooze, to sink, to subside, to tail.

Έννοιες

μειώνομαι

μικραίνω

χαμηλή παλοίρια

Συνώνυμα

neap tide

low tide

spring-tide

Μεταφράσεις

المدّ المنخفض

niedrig

marea di quadratura

água-morta

bajamar

marea baja

muerta

cuadratura

marea muerta

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/niːp/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: neep

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: nēp

In summary

Perhaps of Scandinavian origin: compare dialectal Norwegian neip (“forked pole”).