tide
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tide/tʌɪd/
▶noun
- 1 the alternate rising and falling of the sea due to the attraction of the moon and sun.
- 2 a powerful surge of feeling or trend of events: a tide of euphoria.
- 1 (tide someone over) help someone through a difficult period, especially with financial assistance.
- 2 archaic drift with or as if with the tide.
■ (of a ship) move in or out of harbour with the help of the tide.
– derivatives
tideless adjective.
tideless adjective.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-tide
▶combining form literary denoting a specified time or season: springtide.
■ denoting a festival of the Christian Church: Shrovetide.
'tide' also found in these Oxford entries:
betide
- bore
- come
- co-tidal line
- ebb
- estuary
- flood
- flood tide
- flow
- full
- full flood
- go
- high tide
- high water
- high-water mark
- in
- intertidal
- knot
- low tide
- low water
- low-water mark
- make
- marsh
- mudflat
- neap
- out
- overfall
- red tide
- rip tide
- salting
- save
- set
- slack
- slack water
- spring tide
- stem
- tidal basin
- tidal bore
- -tide
- tideland
- tideline
- tidemark
- tide rip
- tideway
- tidy
- time
- turn
- wash
