TIDE

Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth.

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tide

Noun

  1. The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
  2. A stream, current or flood.
    Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide. — Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, III-iv
  3. Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
    And rest their weary limbs a tide —
    Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his bride —
    ''At the tide of Christ his birth —
  4. The period of twelve hours.
  5. Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
  6. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
    There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. — Shakespeare. Julius Caesar, IV-iii
  7. Violent confluence —

Verb

  1. To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
  2. To pour a tide or flood.
    ''The ocean tided most impressively, even frightening
  3. To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To happen, occur.
  2. What should us tide of this new law? — Chaucer.


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