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Tide
Tide
,Noun.
1.
Time; period; season.
[Obsoles.]
“This lusty summer’s tide.” Chaucer.
And rest their weary limbs a
tide
. Spenser.
Which, at the appointed
Each one did make his bride.
tide
,Each one did make his bride.
Spenser.
At the
tide
of Christ his birth. Fuller.
2.
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
. ☞ The flow or rising of the water is called flood tide, and the reflux, ebb tide.
3.
A stream; current; flood;
“Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.” as, a
. tide
of bloodShak.
4.
Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
There is a
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
tide
in the affairs of men,Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
Shakespeare
5.
Violent confluence.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
6.
(Mining)
The period of twelve hours.
Atmospheric tides
, tidal movements of the atmosphere similar to those of the ocean, and produced in the same manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon.
– Inferior tide
. See under
– Inferior
, Adj.
To work double tides
. See under Work
, Verb.
T.
Tide day
, the interval between the occurrences of two consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water is termed the priming of the tide. See
– Lag of the tide
, under 2d Lag
. Tide dial
, a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any time.
– Tide gate
. (a)
An opening through which water may flow freely when the tide sets in one direction, but which closes automatically and prevents the water from flowing in the other direction.
(b)
(Naut.)
A place where the tide runs with great velocity, as through a gate.
– Tide gauge
, a gauge for showing the height of the tide; especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the tide continuously at every instant of time.
Brande & C.
– Tide lock
, a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide; – called also
– guard lock
. Tide mill
. (a)
A mill operated by the tidal currents.
(b)
A mill for clearing lands from tide water.
– Tide rip
, a body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents.
– Tide table
, a table giving the time of the rise and fall of the tide at any place.
– Tide water
, water affected by the flow of the tide; hence, broadly, the seaboard.
– Tide wave
, or Tidal wave
the swell of water as the tide moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays or channels derivative. See also
tidal wave
in the vocabulary. Whewell.
– Tide wheel
, a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by the ebb or flow of the tide.
Tide
(tīd)
, Verb.
T.
To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
They are
tided
down the stream. Feltham.
1.
To betide; to happen.
[Obs.]
What should us
tide
of this new law? Chaucer.
2.
To pour a tide or flood.
3.
(Naut.)
To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Definition 2024
Tide
Tide
German
Noun
Tide f (genitive Tide, plural Tiden)
- (uncountable) tides (the periodic change of the sea level)
- (countable) tide (one cycle of eb and flood)
- 2010, 8 July, Michael Stoessinger, “Ein Bild von einem Meer”, in: Stern 28
- – Da fangen Sie ja wenig. – Wieso datt denn? – Einmal im Jahr. – Nee, Quatsch, jetzt. Nach jeder Tide.
- - Then you don’t catch a lot. – Why that? – Once a year. – No, humbug, now. After each tide.
- – Da fangen Sie ja wenig. – Wieso datt denn? – Einmal im Jahr. – Nee, Quatsch, jetzt. Nach jeder Tide.
- 2010, 8 July, Michael Stoessinger, “Ein Bild von einem Meer”, in: Stern 28
Declension
Declension of Tide
Synonyms
tide
tide
English
Boats at low tide (periodic change of sea level).
Noun
tide (plural tides)
- The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
- A stream, current or flood.
- (Can we date this quote?) Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide. — Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, III-iv
- (chronology, obsolete, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
- (Can we date this quote?) And rest their weary limbs a tide — Edmund Spenser
- (Can we date this quote?) Which, at the appointed tide, Each one did make his bride — Edmund Spenser
- (Can we date this quote?) At the tide of Christ his birth — Fuller
- (regional, archaic) A time.
- The doctor's no good this tide.
- (regional, archaic) A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier (found in compounds).
- Eventide, noontide, morrowtide, nighttide, moon-tide, harvest-tide, wintertide, summertide, springtide, autumn-tide etc.,.
- (mining) The period of twelve hours.
- Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
- Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
- (Can we date this quote?) There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. — Shakespeare. Julius Caesar, IV-iii
- (obsolete) Violent confluence — Francis Bacon
Derived terms
terms derived from tide (noun)
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Translations
periodic change of sea level
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current, stream, flood
time, notably liturgical anniversary or season
mining: period of twelve hours
tendency or direction of causes, influences or events; course; current
high tide — see high tide
low tide — see low tide
References
The Dictionary of the Scots Language
Verb
tide (third-person singular simple present tides, present participle tiding, simple past and past participle tided)
- (transitive) To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
- Feltham
- They are tided down the stream.
- Feltham
- (intransitive) To pour a tide or flood.
- The ocean tided most impressively, even frightening
- (intransitive, nautical) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
Derived terms
Translations
cause to float with the tide
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See also
Etymology 2
From Middle English tiden, tide, from Old English tīdan (“to happen”).
Verb
tide (third-person singular simple present tides, present participle tiding, simple past and past participle tided)
Synonyms
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Noun
tide
- A time (period), season.
- This lusty summer’s tide — Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- What is singular too, the spademen seem to work lazily; they will not work double-tides, even for offer of more wages, though their tide is but seven hours[.]