Meaning of Tide | Babel Free

Definitions

1. tides (the periodic change of the sea level)
2. The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
3. tide (one cycle of ebb and flood)
4. The associated flow of water.
5. Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body.
6. A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.
7. The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
8. Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
   obsolete
9. A time.
   archaic, regional
10. A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier.
    archaic, in-compounds, regional
11. The period of twelve hours.

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Examples

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

“A lot of driftwood was brought in on the tide.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Go I charge thee, inuite them all, let in the tide / Of Knaues once more: my Cook and Ile provide.”

“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 [...]”

“[...] 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”

“What is singular too, the spademen seem to work lazily; they will not work double-tides, even for offer of more wages, though their tide is but seven hours[.]”

“The doctor's no good this tide.”

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

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