Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to neap
Participle: neaped
Gerund: neaping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | neap |
| you | neap |
| he;she;it | neaps |
| we | neap |
| you | neap |
| they | neap |
Perfect
| I | have neaped |
| you | have neaped |
| he;she;it | has neaped |
| we | have neaped |
| you | have neaped |
| they | have neaped |
Past
| I | neaped |
| you | neaped |
| he;she;it | neaped |
| we | neaped |
| you | neaped |
| they | neaped |
Pluperfect
| I | had neaped |
| you | had neaped |
| he;she;it | had neaped |
| we | had neaped |
| you | had neaped |
| they | had neaped |
Future
| I | will neap |
| you | will neap |
| he;she;it | will neap |
| we | will neap |
| you | will neap |
| they | will neap |
Future Perfect
| I | will have neaped |
| you | will have neaped |
| he;she;it | will have neaped |
| we | will have neaped |
| you | will have neaped |
| they | will have neaped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | neap |
| you | neap |
| he;she;it | neap |
| we | neap |
| you | neap |
| they | neap |
Perfect
| I | have neaped |
| you | have neaped |
| he;she;it | have neaped |
| we | have neaped |
| you | have neaped |
| they | have neaped |
Imperfect
| I | neaped |
| you | neaped |
| he;she;it | neaped |
| we | neaped |
| you | neaped |
| they | neaped |
Pluperfect
| I | had neaped |
| you | had neaped |
| he;she;it | had neaped |
| we | had neaped |
| you | had neaped |
| they | had neaped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would neap |
| you | would neap |
| he;she;it | would neap |
| we | would neap |
| you | would neap |
| they | would neap |
Perfect
| I | would have neaped |
| you | would have neaped |
| he;she;it | would have neaped |
| we | would have neaped |
| you | would have neaped |
| they | would have neaped |
Imperative
| you | neap |
| we | Let's neap |
| you | neap |
Verbs conjugated like 'neap'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'neap'
heap,
leap,
nap,
neal,
near,
reap,
sneap,
aneal,
anear,
bap,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English neep, from Old English nēp (“scant, lacking”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *nōpiz (“narrow”). Found especially in Old English nēpflōd (“neap tide”, literally “low tide”). Compare Norwegian dialectal nøpen (“scarce, scant, barely enough”).
Sample Sentences
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At 8, being high water, hauld her bow close ashore, but Keept her stern afloat, because I was afraid of Neaping her, and yet it was necessary to lay the whole of her as near the ground as possible. [1770, Captain James Cook, Journal During the First Voyage Round the World, entry for 22 June 1770:]
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It is well known that the spring tides happen at the change and full of the moon, at which time she is conjunction with and opposition to the sun. As these retire from their conjunction, the tides neap till about three days after the first quadrature, when the tides begin again to be more and more elevated, and arrive at their maximum about the third day after the opposition. [1831, Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible, volume II page 860:]