tide

/taid/

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Word: Tide

Part of Speech: Noun (and also a verb)

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Noun

1. there are usually two high and two low tides each day
2. something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)
   • a rising tide of popular interest
3. the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

Verb

1. be carried with the tide
2. cause to float with the tide
3. rise or move forward
   • surging waves

Synonyms

• lunar time period
• surge