"snape" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /sneɪp/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snape.wav Forms: snapes [present, singular, third-person], snaping [participle, present], snaped [participle, past], snaped [past]
Rhymes: -eɪp Etymology: Origin obscure. Perhaps from snape, a dialectal variant of sneap (“to nip, bite, pinch”). More at sneap. Head templates: {{en-verb}} snape (third-person singular simple present snapes, present participle snaping, simple past and past participle snaped)
  1. (nautical, shipbuilding) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-snape-en-verb--7uyQCkj Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of British English: 50 8 18 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 4 11 9 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 59 5 11 10 12 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 58 8 9 9 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 5 6 6 5 6 Topics: business, manufacturing, nautical, shipbuilding, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /sneɪp/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snape.wav Forms: snapes [present, singular, third-person], snaping [participle, present], snaped [participle, past], snaped [past]
Rhymes: -eɪp Etymology: From Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”) [and other forms], from Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), from Proto-Germanic *snupaną, *snubaną (“to cut; to snap”); further origin unknown. Doublet of sneap. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snaipen|t=to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile}} Middle English snaipen (“to injure; of sleet or snow: to nip; to criticize, rebuke, revile”), {{nb...|snaip, snaipe, snaipen, snape, snayp, snaypp|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{der|en|non|sneypa|t=to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage}} Old Norse sneypa (“to disgrace, dishonour; to outrage”), {{sup|2}} ², {{der|en|gem-pro|*snupaną}} Proto-Germanic *snupaną, {{doublet|en|sneap}} Doublet of sneap Head templates: {{en-verb}} snape (third-person singular simple present snapes, present participle snaping, simple past and past participle snaped)
  1. (transitive)
    To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).
    Tags: British, archaic, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-snape-en-verb-qfBTrbU5
  2. (transitive)
    Synonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”)
    Tags: British, archaic, dialectal, transitive Synonyms: sneap [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-snape-en-verb-vbeFgyux
  3. (intransitive) To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand. Tags: British, archaic, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-snape-en-verb-Jyq3mjg0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snape.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snape.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snape.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snape.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snape.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snape"
}

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