Definitions for Tide
taɪdtide

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. tidenoun

   the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

2. tidenoun

   something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)

   "a rising tide of popular interest"

3. tide, lunar time periodverb

   there are usually two high and two low tides each day

4. tide, surgeverb

   rise or move forward

   "surging waves"

5. tideverb

   cause to float with the tide

6. tideverb

   be carried with the tide

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TIDEnoun

   Etymology: tyd , Saxon; tijd, Dutch and Islandick.

   1. Time; season; while.

   There they alight in hope themselves to hide
   From the fierce heat, and rest their weary limbs a tide. Fairy Queen, b. i.

   They two forth passing,
   Received those two fair brides, their love’s delight,
   Which, at the appointed tide,
   Each one did make his bride. Edmund Spenser.

   What hath this day deserv’d,
   That it in golden letter should be set,
   Among the high tides in the kalendar. William Shakespeare, K. John.

   At New-year’s tide following the king chose him master of the horse. Henry Wotton.

   2. Alternate ebb and flow of the sea.

   That motion of the water called tides is a rising and falling of the sea: the cause of this is the attraction of the Moon, whereby the part of the water in the great ocean which is nearest the Moon, being most strongly attracted, is raised higher than the rest; and the part opposite to it being least attracted, is also higher than the rest; and these two opposite rises of the surface of the water in the great ocean following the motion of the Moon from East to West, and striking against the large coasts of the continents, from thence rebounds back again, and so makes floods and ebbs in narrow seas and rivers. John Locke.

   3. Flood.

   As in the tides of people once up there want not stirring winds to make them more rough, so this people did light upon two ringleaders. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   4. Stream; course.

   Thou art the ruins of the noblest man,
   That ever lived in the tide of times. William Shakespeare.

   The rapid currents drive
   Towards the retreating sea their furious tide. John Milton.

   But let not all the gold which Tagus hides,
   And pays the sea in tributary tides,
   Be bribe sufficient to corrupt thy breast,
   Or violate with dreams thy peaceful rest. Dryden.

   Continual tide
   Flows from th’ exhilarating fount. Philips.

2. To Tideverb

   To drive with the stream.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Their images, the relicks of the wreck,
   Torn from the naked poop, are tided back
   By the wild waves, and rudely thrown ashore. Dryden.

3. To Tideverb

   To pour a flood; to be agitated by the tide.

   When, from his dint, the foe still backward shrunk,
   Wading within the Ouse, he dealt his blows,
   And sent them, rolling, to the tiding Humber. Philips.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tide

   Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables can be used for any given locale to find the predicted times and amplitude (or "tidal range"). The predictions are influenced by many factors including the alignment of the Sun and Moon, the phase and amplitude of the tide (pattern of tides in the deep ocean), the amphidromic systems of the oceans, and the shape of the coastline and near-shore bathymetry (see Timing). They are however only predictions, the actual time and height of the tide is affected by wind and atmospheric pressure. Many shorelines experience semi-diurnal tides—two nearly equal high and low tides each day. Other locations have a diurnal tide—one high and low tide each day. A "mixed tide"—two uneven magnitude tides a day—is a third regular category.Tides vary on timescales ranging from hours to years due to a number of factors, which determine the lunitidal interval. To make accurate records, tide gauges at fixed stations measure water level over time. Gauges ignore variations caused by waves with periods shorter than minutes. These data are compared to the reference (or datum) level usually called mean sea level.While tides are usually the largest source of short-term sea-level fluctuations, sea levels are also subject to change from thermal expansion, wind, and barometric pressure changes, resulting in storm surges, especially in shallow seas and near coasts. Tidal phenomena are not limited to the oceans, but can occur in other systems whenever a gravitational field that varies in time and space is present. For example, the shape of the solid part of the Earth is affected slightly by Earth tide, though this is not as easily seen as the water tidal movements.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tide

   A tide is the regular rising and falling of the Earth's large bodies of water, primarily seen in oceans. This event is caused primarily by the gravitational interaction between the Earth, Moon, and Sun. The change in tide can influence the coastlines and marine life, and it often happens twice daily - known as high tide (when the sea level is highest) and low tide (when it's lowest).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Tide

   time; period; season

2. Tide

   the alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide

3. Tide

   a stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood

4. Tide

   tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current

5. Tide

   violent confluence

6. Tide

   the period of twelve hours

7. Tideverb

   to cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream

8. Tidenoun

   to betide; to happen

9. Tidenoun

   to pour a tide or flood

10. Tidenoun

    to work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tide

   Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth. Some shorelines experience two almost equal high tides and two low tides each day, called a semi-diurnal tide. Some locations experience only one high and one low tide each day, called a diurnal tide. Some locations experience two uneven tides a day, or sometimes one high and one low each day; this is called a mixed tide. The times and amplitude of the tides at a locale are influenced by the alignment of the Sun and Moon, by the pattern of tides in the deep ocean, by the amphidromic systems of the oceans, and by the shape of the coastline and near-shore bathymetry. Tides vary on timescales ranging from hours to years due to numerous influences. To make accurate records, tide gauges at fixed stations measure the water level over time. Gauges ignore variations caused by waves with periods shorter than minutes. These data are compared to the reference level usually called mean sea level. While tides are usually the largest source of short-term sea-level fluctuations, sea levels are also subject to forces such as wind and barometric pressure changes, resulting in storm surges, especially in shallow seas and near coasts.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tide

   tīd, n. time: season: the regular flux and reflux or rhythmic ebb and flow of the sea: course: a tide, time, or season, a feast-day, festival, a certain time, a day of twelve hours: commotion: turning-point.—v.t. to drive with the stream.—v.i. to pour a tide or flood: to work in or out of a river or harbour with the tide.—adj. Tī′dal, pertaining to tides: flowing and ebbing periodically.—ns. Tide′-gate, a gate through which the water flows into a basin or dock with the tide, and which is shut to keep it from flowing out again when the tide ebbs: a place where the tide runs with great velocity; Tide′-gauge, an instrument for registering the state of the tide continuously.—adj. Tide′less, having no tides.—ns. Tide′-lock, a lock placed between an entrance-basin and a harbour, canal, or river, and furnished with double gates, so that vessels can pass either out or in at all times of the tide; Tide′mill, a mill moved by tide-water: a mill for clearing lands of tide-water; Tides′-man, Tide′-wait′er, an officer who waits the arrival of vessels, to secure the payment of the duties: one who watches public opinion before declaring his own; Tide′-tā′ble, a table giving the time of high-tide at any place; Tide′-wa′ter, the water of the portion of a river affected by the tide, the seaboard; Tide′-wave, the great wave which follows the apparent motion of the moon; Tide′-way, the channel in which the tide sets; Neap′-tide (see Neap); Spring′-tide (see Spring).—Tide over, to surmount difficulties, for the time at least, by favourable accidents or by skill. [A.S. tíd; Dut. tijd, Ger. zeit.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TIDE

   An old friend who comes and goes daily but is all in whenever he gets over the bay.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tide

   A regular periodical current of waters, setting alternately in a flux and reflux; it is owing to the attraction of the sun and moon, but chiefly to the latter. The highest as well as most rapid, perhaps, are in the Gulf of Fundy and the river Wye; and on the contrary the lowest, as well as feeblest, are in the Mediterranean generally.--To tide, is to work up or down a river or harbour, with a fair tide in a head wind or a calm; coming to anchor when the tide turns.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tide

   The movement of a body of water like the sea or ocean.

   The sea tides are monitored and reported on daily.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 7, 2020  

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1. TIDE

   What does TIDE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TIDE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. • Drift
   • Float
   • Flow
   • Periodic Event
   • Variation

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Tide' in Nouns Frequency: #1734

Anagrams for Tide »

1. edit

2. diet

3. tied

4. dite

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tide in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Tide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Tide in a Sentence

1. Daniel Magee:

   The location is Richmond Lock and and we saw a group of spectators, we saw a seal there earlier this year, which is unusual, so we thought it was him again, as we got closer I saw a fin and realized it was a whale. Some lock keepers hosing him down and it looked like the tide was going up so he could turn around. I realized that the whale might be injured as it started rolling on its side and thrashing about.

2. Scott Kratz:

   How do we make sure - before speculation begins - that policies are in place so the rising tide lifts all boats, so that economic opportunities benefit existing residents as well as new residents?

3. Xiao Shijun:

   They believe official attitudes are crucial to the market's existence and direction, and that it's safe to follow the tide.

4. Laurence Bozzuffi:

   It's almost more spectacular at low tide in the end because you will be able to walk kilometers and see some little secret beaches that will only be revealed at this moment.

5. Thomas Farley:

   We have n’t seen a public health emergency like this in the last century, it’s time for us to rethink our assumptions, and consider options we had n’t seen before. Unlike similar efforts by other cities, the injection sites would not need City Council approval because they would be privately run. Drug-related overdose deaths began to spoke in 2015 with the presence of fetanyl, according to Philadelphia Public Health. ( Fox News) The sites would give drug addicts a safe haven to shoot up and would offer sterile injection equipment, including needles, and Naloxone. Fox News would also give referrals to treatment centers, social services clinics and wound care facilities. The idea comes as a paradigm shift in the nation’s effort to stem the tide of opioid-related deaths.Seattle and New York have been among places that have mulled similar measures, but the efforts stalled because of either legal or bureaucratic hurdles. Canada and Europe have operated similar types of facilities for the last few decades.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Tide
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Tide
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Tide
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Tide
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Tide
8. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=Tide
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Tide