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tide

noun
/taɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis Proto-Germanic *tīdiz Proto-West Germanic *tīdi Old English tīd Middle English tyde English tide Inherited from Middle English tyde, from Old English tīd, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis. Related to time.

  1. derived from tīdan
  2. derived from tiden

Definitions

  1. The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of…

    The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.

    • The Bristol Channel has some of the world's largest tides.

  2. The associated flow of water.

    • A lot of driftwood was brought in on the tide.

  3. Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body.

    • As well as sea tides, there are much smaller land tides.
    • By far the largest tides on Europa are those caused by the gravitational attraction of Jupiter.
  4. ›+ 11 more definitions

    1. A high-volume flow, literal or figurative

      A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.

      • The sewer burst, and a tide of sewage poured into nearby properties.
      • A tide of people crossed over the border.
      • We've encountered a tide of problems.

    2. The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events

      The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.

      • The tide of public opinion has turned.
      • There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune [...]

    3. Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.

      • [...] and rest their weary limbs a tide.
      • Which, at th'appointed tyde, / Each one did make his Bryde
      • at the tide / Of Christ his birth

    4. A time.

      • The doctor's no good this tide.

    5. A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier.

      • Eventide, noontide, morrowtide, nighttide, moontide, harvesttide, wintertide, summertide, springtide, autumntide etc.

    6. The period of twelve hours.

    7. To cause to float with the tide

      To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.

      • They are tided down the stream.

    8. To carry over or through a problem or difficulty.

    9. To pour a tide or flood.

      • The ocean tided most impressively.

    10. To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it…

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

    11. To happen, occur.

      • I wit not what may tide us here

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Derived

a rising tide lifts all boats, Ascensiontide, astronomical tide, atmospheric tide, buck the tide, Christmastide, crimson tide, critical tide level, Eastertide, ebb tide, flood tide, full tide, gravitational tide, half-tide, high tide, hurricane tide, inferior tide, king tide, land tide, low tide, meal-tide, neap tide, oceanic tide, Passiontide, pink tide, proxigean spring tide, red tide, rip tide, Rogationtide, roll tide, spring tide, stem the tide, storm tide, summertide, terrestrial tide, thermal tide, tidal, tidal wave, -tide, tide crack · +51 more

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA