tide
IPA: tˈaɪd
noun
- 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.
- (chronology, obsolete, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
- (regional, archaic) A time.
- (regional, archaic) A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier (found in compounds).
- (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.
- (obsolete) Violent confluence
verb
- (transitive) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
- (intransitive) To pour a tide or flood.
- (intransitive, nautical) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To happen, occur.
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Examples of "tide" in Sentences
- Neap tides are weak.
- The tide flows twice a day.
- The tide has the ebb and the flow.
- The lower tides are called neap tides.
- The waters of the bay flow out at low tide.
- Low amplitude tides are known as neap tides.
- In the article, the kanji character means flowing with the tide.
- The Pig is the wash away in the tide for the dcreatures of the sea.
- Not the tide rising in the sea, but the ripples in one part of the harbor.
- As the tides ebb and flow, the figures are revealed and submerged by the sea.