Definitions for tides

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tides tide

Spelling: [tahyd]

IPA: /taɪd/

Tides is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in tides (deist).

Definitions for tides

noun

1. the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
2. the inflow, outflow, or current of water at any given place resulting from the waves of tides.
3. flood tide.
4. a stream or current.
5. anything that alternately rises and falls, increases and decreases, etc.:
6. current, tendency, or drift, as of events or ideas:
7. any extreme or critical period or condition:
8. a season or period in the course of the year, day, etc. (now used chiefly in combination):
9. Ecclesiastical. a period of time that includes and follows an anniversary, festival, etc.
10. Archaic. a suitable time or occasion.
11. Obsolete. an extent of time.

Idioms

1. turn the tide, to reverse the course of events, especially from one extreme to another:

Verb phrases

1. tide over, to assist in getting over a period of difficulty or distress. to surmount (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); survive.

verb (used with object)

1. to carry, as the tide does.

verb (used without object)

1. to flow as the tide; flow to and fro.
2. to float or drift with the tide.
3. to happen or befall.

Origin of tides

before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English tīd time, hour; cognate with Dutch tijd, German Zeit, Old Norse tīth; akin to time

Examples for tides

The tides have gradually filled their shallow harbors with silt.

Surely there will be villainous pirates, distracting mermaids, tides change in the new open water chapter of my journey.

Into these tides I was now drawn down—and it did me some good and a great deal of harm.

The ship now shifts slightly with the rise and fall of the low Mediterranean tides, moving about a millimeter an hour.

At the foot of “The Rapids” the effect of the spring tides is barely perceptible.

The tides of the oceans are created by the gravatational pull of the moon.

But the end of Viagra as we know it signals more than just a change in the tides for Big Pharma.

Underneath the most placid waters, there are vicious currents and tides, and underwater volcanoes that are constantly erupting.

All his life he was an observer of the weather, and a student of the winds and tides.

At low spring tides the most beautiful corals and shells are found.