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Meanings of neap tide in inglês

português
água-morta
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A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon.

      água-morta
      Usage of neap tide in inglês
      1
      Unfortunately, the day proved very rough; and it was little better than a neap tide.
      Men of Invention and Industry
      2
      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
      3
      It was almost a neap tide, though this was the fourth quarter of the moon.
      Fear nothing
      4
      Neap tide: the least rise and fall during the lunar month.
      The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Indepe...
      5
      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...
      6
      On our west coast the neap tides ran as high as sixty feet.
      The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
      7
      The water rises fifty feet with the spring tides, and twenty-five with neap tides.
      The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
      8
      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
      9
      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...
      10
      'But what makes the neap tides?'
      Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
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      Translations for neap tide
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      água-morta