Meaning

(nautical, shipbuilding) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface..

Definitions by Sense

1. (nautical, shipbuilding) To bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
2. To check or curtail (the growth of something); also, to check or curtail the growth of (a plant, etc.).
3. Synonym of sneap (“to check or abruptly reprove (someone); to chide, to rebuke, to reprimand”).
4. (intransitive) To chide, to rebuke, to reprimand.

Example Sentences

It had to be accurately cut and trimmed, and its upper edge scored to suit the snaping of every beam end.

The colnel (sic) I dont think like him much. I undirstand (sic) he was always snaping him.

He saw nothing, heard nothing, rushed on, he knew not whither, snaping, and uttering hoarse cries.

I imagine her prodding my flab and snaping, "There's nothing there — get rid of that!"

Word Forms

• snapes
• snaping
• snaped

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Use snape when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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