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Definition of "neap tide" [neap tide]

  • A tide that occurs when the difference between high and low tide is least; the lowest level of high tide. Neap tide comes twice a month, in the first and third quarters of the moon. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "neap tide" in a sentence
  • "“We’re going to have a neap tide tonight, Jacob says.”"
  • "Laura went out on the neap tide and never came back."