Definition of tide

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Tide (n.) To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.

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Warp :: Warp (v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed..
Tide-rode :: Tide-rode (a.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.
Tideway :: Tideway (n.) Channel in which the tide sets.
Tide :: Tide (n.) To pour a tide or flood.
Awash :: Awash (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it..
Polycystid :: Polycystid (a.) Pertaining to the Polycystidea, or the Polycystina..
Littorina :: Littorina (n.) A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle..
Neaped :: Neaped (a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped..
Swing :: Swing (n.) To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor; as, a ship swings with the tide..
Betide :: Betide (v. t.) To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer..
Epiphany :: Epiphany (n.) A church festival celebrated on the 6th of January, the twelfth day after Christmas, in commemoration of the visit of the Magi of the East to Bethlehem, to see and worship the child Jesus; or, as others maintain, to commemorate the appearance of the star to the Magi, symbolizing the manifestation of Christ to the Gentles; Twelfthtide..
Tide :: Tide (prep.) A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood..
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm..
Tideless :: Tideless (a.) Having no tide.
Twelfth-day :: Twelfth-day (n.) See Twelfthtide.
Cystoidea :: Cystoidea (n.) Same as Cystidea.
Wear :: Wear (n.) A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish..
Low :: Low (superl.) Sunk to the farthest ebb of the tide; as, low tide..
Lententide :: Lententide (n.) The season of Lenten or Lent.
Whitsuntide :: Whitsuntide (n.) The week commencing with Whitsunday, esp. the first three days -- Whitsunday, Whitsun Monday, and Whitsun Tuesday; the time of Pentecost..
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