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Meanings of neap tide in inglés

portugués
água-morta
español
cuadratura

A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.

cuadratura
Usage of neap tide in inglés
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Unfortunately, the day proved very rough; and it was little better than a neap tide.
Men of Invention and Industry
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Just wander over the reef shelf during a neap tide and look under the rocks.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
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It was almost a neap tide, though this was the fourth quarter of the moon.
Fear nothing
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Neap tide: the least rise and fall during the lunar month.
The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Indepe...
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The phenomenon was of daily occurrence until about the time of neap tides.
The Romance of the Colorado River / The Story of its Discovery i...
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On our west coast the neap tides ran as high as sixty feet.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
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The water rises fifty feet with the spring tides, and twenty-five with neap tides.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
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At neap tides the rock shows only a few black teeth with sea-weed gums above the surface.
Personal Reminiscences in Book Making, and Some Short Stories
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But in the season of neap tides enough water is left for them to swim about within the semi-circle of stakes.
A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs: The Story of a Hundred Years...
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'But what makes the neap tides?'
Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
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Translations for neap tide
portugués
água-morta