English Explanatory Dictionary

tide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
  2. The associated flow of water.
  3. Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body.
  4. A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.
  5. The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
  6. Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
  7. A time.
  8. A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier.
  9. The period of twelve hours.
verb
  1. To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
  2. To carry over or through a problem or difficulty.
  3. To pour a tide or flood.
  4. To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
verb
  1. To happen, occur.

Pronunciation

tīd /taɪd/ [tʰaːd] en-us-tide.ogg [tʰɑe̯d]

Word forms

tide tides tiding tided

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.

Synonyms

inflood inflooding inflow inflowing influx betide befall

Related words

ebb flow neap spring

Derived words

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 tide current tide day tide dial tide-driven tide duty tide gate tide gauge tide harbour tide hour tide land tidelands oil tideless tide lock tidely tide mark tide mill Tide Mills tide nor time tarrieth no man tide pole tide pond
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