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Definition of 'tide'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tide, from (etyl) . Related to time.
Noun
( en-noun)
( wikipedia)
The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
A stream, current or flood.
- (rfdate) Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.'' — Shakespeare, ''Timon of Athens , III-iv
(chronology|obsolete|except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
- (rfdate) And rest their weary limbs a tide —
- (rfdate) Which, at the appointed tide , Each one did make his bride —
- (rfdate) ''At the tide of Christ his birth —
(mining) The period of twelve hours.
Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
- (rfdate) There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.'' — Shakespeare. ''Julius Caesar , IV-iii
(obsolete) Violent confluence —
Derived terms
* astronomical tide
* atmospheric tide
* ebb tide
* gravitational tide
* high tide
* hurricane tide
* inferior tide
* king tide
* land tide
* low tide
* neap tide
* oceanic tide
* red tide
* rip tide
* spring tide
* storm tide
* terrestrial tide
* thermal tide
* tidal
* tidal wave
* tide day
* tide crack
* tide current
* tide dial
* tide-driven
* tide duty
* tide gate
* tide gauge
* tide harbour, tide harbor
* tide hour
* tide land
( rel-mid)
* tidelands oil
* tideless
* tide lock
* tide mark
* tide mill
* tide pole
* tide pool
* tide power
* tide predictor
* tide railroad
* tide rip
* tide rock
* tide rode
* tide runner
* tidesman
* tide stream
* tide table
* tide waiter, tidewaiter
* tidewater, tide water
* tide wave
* tide way
* tide wheel
* tidy
* work double tides
* Ascensiontide
* Christmastide
* Eastertide
* Passiontide
* Rogationtide
* Whitsuntide
( rel-bottom)
Verb
( tid)
To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
* Feltham
- ''They are tided down the stream.
To pour a tide or flood.
- ''The ocean tided most impressively, even frightening
(nautical) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Derived terms
* tide over
See also
* ebb
* flow
* neap
* spring
Etymology 2
From (etyl) tiden, tide, from (etyl) .
Verb
(tid)
(obsolete) To happen, occur.
What should us tide of this new law? — Chaucer.
Synonyms
* betide, befall
Similar to 'tide'tithe, tutee, twite, tote, tute, tatee, tede, tythe, tuite, thede, teade, twote, tode
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