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Neaped

To trap a ship (or ship and crew) in water too shallow to move, due to the smaller tidal range occurring in a period of neap tides.

📖 Definitions of "Neaped"

verb

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

adjective

1
Left aground on the height of a spring tide, preventing floating till the next spring tide.

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