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tide
  1. The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
  2. A stream, current or flood.
  3. (liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
  4. (regional, archaic) A time.
  5. (regional, archaic) A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier (found in compounds).
  6. (mining) The period of twelve hours.
  7. Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
  8. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
  9. (obsolete) Violent confluence
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “The structure would be built over the water, allowing the tide to ebb and flow unhindered.”
      “Mr. Thomas is making vigorous efforts to reverse the tide of abuse that has been coming his way recently.”
tidemark
  1. a line (of seaweed or differently coloured sand etc) on the shore showing the level of high or low tide
  2. (by extension) any mark showing the limit of some past activity
  3. (humorous) a line of scum left on a bath tub when the water is drained away
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “When a high tide occurs and the tidemark reaches beyond the normal beach line, this tends to create certain element of fear in the people.”
      “I have seen them feeding at the tidemark with snow buntings and pipits and they also find seeds in the marram hills.”
      “It rises up to the narrow tidemark and with a swift flick of his wrists, it squeaks to a stop.”
tidewater
  1. Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
  2. The seaboard.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Within a year he had moved into the house and for the next fifty-two years oversaw one of the most successful tidewater plantations in Virginia.”
      “The Mattaponi are decedents of Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas and ruler of large portions of what is now tidewater Virginia.”
      “American Black Ducks are historically found in forested wetlands, tidewater areas, and coastal marshes of eastern North America.”
tidewrack
  1. seaweed and similar marine vegetation and rubbish deposited along a shore by a receding tide
tidepool
  1. (countable) a rocky pool by the ocean that is filled with seawater left behind by the falling tide
  2. Examples:
    1. “These anemone eat small crustaceans, plankton and various tidepool animals that venture into the range of their stinging tentacles.”
      “Sea stars, purple urchins, feisty hermit crabs, elegant anemones, and other unusual salt water creatures inhabit this marine tidepool display.”
      “During zazen he napped or turned in his warm, tidepool world.”
tidalite
  1. (geology) A sediment deposited by tidal activity.
tideland
  1. The area at the shore that is exposed to the effects of the tide.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “However there are no dazzling lights, no exciting music, no wine or scent of perfume when you disco on the tideland.”
      “The compromise has to minimize the damage to the environment and maximize the contribution to the development of the provincial economy in the use of the reclaimed tideland.”
      “At Eisenhower's insistence Congress transferred the title to valuable tideland oil reserves to the states.”
tidepooling
  1. The activity of looking at tidepools.
tideway
  1. A channel in which the tide sets.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “During the second week in December 1992 legions of lapwings again descended on the tideway.”
      “These elegant northern birds are a Maytime feature on this stretch of tideway.”
      “We were after roach and bream, and bream fishing has become excellent in the tideway in recent years.”
tyde
  1. Obsolete form of tide.
tiding
  1. (plural) news; new information
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But Eurylochus came back straightway to the swift, black ship, to bring tiding of his comrades and their shameful doom.”
      “I'll be tiding you over for the next three hours of tucks, pikes and... er... kayaking.”
      “They are meant to last three to five years, tiding over a displaced population while permanent homes are repaired or built.”
tidelessness
  1. Absence of tides.
tidings
  1. plural of tiding; news
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Did you hear the tidings that aliens have landed in our town? People are buzzing with excitement, but I'm not entirely certain of the truth behind this newfound report.”
      “The film is shot in washed out colour and bears grim tidings for all who lament the earlier and earlier death of childhood.”
      “This is a day of good tidings, and Montserratians, including this Chief Minister, can be forgiven for luxuriating in this occasion.”
tidewaters
tidelands
  1. plural of tideland
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “On the west coast of Mexico near the town of San Blas is a limestone spring called La Tobara, part of an inviting system of lagoons, canals, and navigable tidelands.”
      “At least eight lodges have received the go-ahead to be built in tidelands.”
      “The prefectural government will establish a committee to hear suggestions on how to resolve the environmental problems in the bay area, tidelands and wetlands, she said.”
tidemarks
tidepools
  1. plural of tidepool
tidalites
  1. plural of tidalite
tideways
  1. plural of tideway
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Its calls epitomise the atmosphere of the lonely marshes and tideways where it is found.”
      “With 120 fish species, hundreds of thousands of birds, and a thriving fishing industry, the river now ranks among the cleanest metropolitan tideways in the world.”
      “The points of inrush, the tideways of these pandour Deluges seem to be mainly three.”
tydes
  1. plural of tyde
tides
  1. plural of tide
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Morecambe Bay is notoriously dangerous, with fast rising tides and quicksands.”
      “Victims are sucked down by quicksands and drowned by the tides that can race in faster than a man can run.”
      “Their constantly changing work schedule revolves around the many phases of the moon and the tides.”
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