Tide

[taɪd]

Definition

(noun.) the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon.

(noun.) something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); 'a rising tide of popular interest'.

(noun.) there are usually two high and two low tides each day.

(verb.) be carried with the tide.

(verb.) cause to float with the tide.

(verb.) rise or move forward; 'surging waves'.

Edited by Bessie--From WordNet

Definition

(prep.) Time; period; season.

(prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide.

(prep.) A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood.

(prep.) Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.

(prep.) Violent confluence.

(prep.) The period of twelve hours.

(v. t.) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.

(n.) To betide; to happen.

(n.) To pour a tide or flood.

(n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

Checked by Flossie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Rise and fall of the sea.[2]. Course, current, stream.

Checker: Tom

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Flow, course, current, rush, inundation, influx, stream, movement, flood

ANT:Stagnation, arrestation, stoppage, cessation, motionlessness, subsidence

Edited by Kathleen

Definition

n. time: season: the regular flux and reflux or rhythmic ebb and flow of the sea: course: a tide time or season a feast-day festival a certain time a day of twelve hours: commotion: turning-point.—v.t. to drive with the stream.—v.i. to pour a tide or flood: to work in or out of a river or harbour with the tide.—adj. Tī′dal pertaining to tides: flowing and ebbing periodically.—ns. Tide′-gate a gate through which the water flows into a basin or dock with the tide and which is shut to keep it from flowing out again when the tide ebbs: a place where the tide runs with great velocity; Tide′-gauge an instrument for registering the state of the tide continuously.—adj. Tide′less having no tides.—ns. Tide′-lock a lock placed between an entrance-basin and a harbour canal or river and furnished with double gates so that vessels can pass either out or in at all times of the tide; Tide′mill a mill moved by tide-water: a mill for clearing lands of tide-water; Tides′-man Tide′-wait′er an officer who waits the arrival of vessels to secure the payment of the duties: one who watches public opinion before declaring his own; Tide′-tā′ble a table giving the time of high-tide at any place; Tide′-wa′ter the water of the portion of a river affected by the tide the seaboard; Tide′-wave the great wave which follows the apparent motion of the moon; Tide′-way the channel in which the tide sets; Neap′-tide (see Neap); Spring′-tide (see Spring).—Tide over to surmount difficulties for the time at least by favourable accidents or by skill.

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