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Word: tide (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A stream, current or flood.
  • chronology (''obsolete except in liturgy'') Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
  • mining The period of twelve hours.
  • obsolete Violent Francis Bacon
  • Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
  • Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
  • The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.

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Verb:

  • nautical To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
  • obsolete To happen, occur.
  • intransitive To pour a tide or flood.
  • transitive To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.

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