Tide

Quick meaning: Tide is a noun meaning The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.

Meaning

The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.

More Meanings

1. The associated flow of water.
2. Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body.
3. A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.
4. The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
5. (chronology, obsolete, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
6. (regional, archaic) A time.
7. (regional, archaic, in compounds) A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier.

Example Sentences

We've encountered a tide of problems.

A tide of people crossed over the border.

A lot of driftwood was brought in on the tide.

As well as sea tides, there are much smaller land tides.

Word Forms

• tides
• tiding
• tided

Synonyms for tide

Depending on context, synonyms include betide, befall, inflood, inflooding, inflow, inflowing.

Antonyms for tide

Common opposites include ebb.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include surge, groundswell, tidal, flood, stream, sea.

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