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   Tide

   /tīd/

   

   noun

   • 1. the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun: "the changing patterns of the tides"
   • ▪ the water as affected by the tide: "the rising tide covered the wharf" Similar tidal flowebb and flowfloodwatertidewatertide raceebbsurgecurrentstreammovement
   • ▪ a powerful surge of feeling or trend of events: "he drifted into sleep on a tide of euphoria" Similar coursemovementdirectiontrendcurrentdriftrunturntendencytenorswing

   verb

   • 1. drift with or as if with the tide.
   • ▪ (of a ship) float or drift in or out of a harbor by taking advantage of favoring tides.

   Word Origin Old Englishtīd ‘time, period, era’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tijd and German Zeit, also to time. The sense relating to the sea dates from late Middle English.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tideless adjective

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