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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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high tide,
high water,
highwater 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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rising tide,
flood tide,
flood the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
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lee tide,
leeward 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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rip current,
riptide a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
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undertide,
undercurrent 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 of time,
time period,
period an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"
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tide - rise or move forward; "surging waves" |
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surge |
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ebb away,
ebb down,
ebb off,
ebb out,
ebb fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
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course,
flow,
feed,
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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tide over,
bridge over,
keep going 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,
float,
drift,
blow convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
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