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tide - the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon |
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periodic event,
recurrent event an event that recurs at intervals
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highwater,
high tide,
high water the tide when the water is highest
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low tide,
low water the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide
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ebbtide the tide while water is flowing out
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flood,
flood tide,
rising tide a large flow
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leeward tide,
lee tide a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing; "a leeward tide is dangerous for small boats"
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slack tide,
slack water the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide
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tidal current,
tidal flow the water current caused by the tides
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riptide,
rip current a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
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undercurrent,
undertide a current below the surface of a fluid
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tide - something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest" |
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fluctuation,
variation the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
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tide - there are usually two high and two low tides each day |
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period,
period of time,
time period a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
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| Verb |
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tide - rise or move forward; "surging waves" |
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surge |
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ebb,
ebb away,
ebb down,
ebb off,
ebb out fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
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course,
feed,
flow,
run hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
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tide - cause to float with the tide |
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tide be carried with the tide
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float convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
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bridge over,
keep going,
tide over suffice for a period between two points; "This money will keep us going for another year"
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tide - be carried with the tide |
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be adrift,
blow,
drift,
float exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
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