Definition of tides in English

Wiktionary

tides (Noun)
Plural of tide.

Part of speech

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tides, verb, present, 3rd person singular of tide (infinitive).
tides, noun, plural of tide.

WordNet

Noun Plural: tides
tide - the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
		periodic event, recurrent event an event that recurs at intervals
		high tide, high water, highwater the tide when the water is highest
		low tide, low water the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide
		ebbtide the tide while water is flowing out
		rising tide, flood tide, flood the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
		lee tide, leeward tide a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing; "a leeward tide is dangerous for small boats"
		slack tide, slack water the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide
		tidal current, tidal flow the water current caused by the tides
		rip current, riptide a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
tide - something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"
		fluctuation, variation the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"
tide - there are usually two high and two low tides each day
		lunar time period
Verb tides, tiding, tided
tide - rise or move forward; "surging waves"
		surge
		ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out, ebb fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
		course, flow, feed, run hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"
tide - cause to float with the tide
		tide be carried with the tide
		float convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"
		tide over, bridge over, keep going suffice for a period between two points; "This money will keep us going for another year"
tide - be carried with the tide
		be adrift, float, drift, blow convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation; "float data"

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Wiktionary

tide (Noun)
The periodic change of the sea level , particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
tide (Noun)
A stream, current or flood.
tide (Noun)
Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
tide (Noun)
The period of twelve hours.
tide (Noun)
Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
tide (Noun)
Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
tide (Noun)
Violent confluence — Francis Bacon .
tide (Verb)
To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
tide (Verb)
To pour a tide or flood.
tide (Verb)
To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
tide (Verb)
To happen, occur.
tide (Verb)
What should us tide of this new law? — Chaucer.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

tide (prep.)
Time; period; season.
tide (prep.)
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.
tide (prep.)
A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood.
tide (prep.)
Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
tide (prep.)
Violent confluence.
tide (prep.)
The period of twelve hours.
tide (v. t.)
To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
tide (n.)
To betide; to happen.
tide (n.)
To pour a tide or flood.
tide (n.)
To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

tide
The periodic rise and fall of the water resulting from gravitational interaction between the sun, moon and earth.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

tide
tīd, n. time: season: the regular flux and reflux or rhythmic ebb and flow of the sea: course: a tide, time, or season, a feast-day, festival, a certain time, a day of twelve hours: commotion: turning-point.—v.t. to drive with the stream.—v.i. to pour a tide or flood: to work in or out of a river or harbour with the tide.—adj. Tī′dal, pertaining to tides: flowing and ebbing periodically.—ns. Tide′-gate, a gate through which the water flows into a basin or dock with the tide, and which is shut to keep it from flowing out again when the tide ebbs: a place where the tide runs with great velocity; Tide′-gauge, an instrument for registering the state of the tide continuously.—adj. Tide′less, having no tides.—ns. Tide′-lock, a lock placed between an entrance-basin and a harbour, canal, or river, and furnished with double gates, so that vessels can pass either out or in at all times of the tide; Tide′mill, a mill moved by tide-water: a mill for clearing lands of tide-water; Tides′-man, Tide′-wait′er, an officer who waits the arrival of vessels, to secure the payment of the duties: one who watches public opinion before declaring his own; Tide′-tā′ble, a table giving the time of high-tide at any place; Tide′-wa′ter, the water of the portion of a river affected by the tide, the seaboard; Tide′-wave, the great wave which follows the apparent motion of the moon; Tide′-way, the channel in which the tide sets; Neap′-tide (see Neap); Spring′-tide (see Spring).—Tide over, to surmount difficulties, for the time at least, by favourable accidents or by skill. [A.S. tíd; Dut. tijd, Ger. zeit.]

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

tide
marée, (tyd, Sax.) a regular periodical current of the water, setting alternately in a flux and reflux, produced by the influence of the moon.
If the ocean were equally deep in every place, the ebbing and flowing of the tide would be universally regular and equal; but the shallowness of the water in many places, and the streightness of the channels, by which the tides may be considerably interrupted in some parts, and propagated in others, occasion a great diversity in their force and quantity. Hence, without an exact knowledge of all the circumstances of the several places where they happen to run, as of the position of the land, the breadth and depth of channels; it is impossible to account for this diversity.
The theory of the tides is concisely described by a great author, in these words: “That motion of the water called tides is a rising and falling of the sea: the cause of this is the attraction of the moon, whereby the part of water in the great ocean which is nearest the moon, being most strongly attracted, is raised higher than the rest; and the part opposite to it being least attracted, is also higher than the rest; and these two opposite elevations of the surface of the water in the great ocean, following the motion of the moon from est to west, and striking against the large coasts of the continents, from thence rebounds back again, and so makes floods and ebbs in narrows, seas, and rivers.” Locke.
With regard to the relative force of the tide on a ship floating therein, it is already explained in the article CURRENT.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

tide
A regular periodical current of waters, setting alternately in a flux and reflux; it is owing to the attraction of the sun and moon, but chiefly to the latter. The highest as well as most rapid, perhaps, are in the Gulf of Fundy and the river Wye; and on the contrary the lowest, as well as feeblest, are in the Mediterranean generally.--To tide, is to work up or down a river or harbour, with a fair tide in a head wind or a calm; coming to anchor when the tide turns.
tide
The falling tide.

Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡

tide
An old friend who comes and goes daily but is all in whenever he gets over the bay.

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

tide
There is a tide in the affairs of man which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
tide
Every tide has its ebb.
tide
The tide will fetch away what the ebb brings.

Wikipedia

A tide is the periodic rising and falling of Earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans. Tides cause changes in the depth of marine (sea) and estuarine (river mouth) waters. Tides also make oscillating currents known as tidal streams. This means that being able to predict the tide is important for coastal navigation. The strip of seashore that is under water at high tide and exposed at low tide, called the intertidal zone, is an important ecological product of ocean tides.