tide

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: tīd, IPA(key): /taɪd/ (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): [tʰaːd] (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): [tʰɑe̯d] Rhymes: -aɪd Homophone: tied === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English tyde, from Old English tīd, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis. Related to time. ==== Noun ==== tide (plural tides) The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun. The associated flow of water. Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body. A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood. Synonyms: inflood, inflooding, inflow, inflowing, influx The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current. (chronology, obsolete, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast. (regional, archaic) A time. (regional, archaic, in compounds) A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier. (mining) The period of twelve hours. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== 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. (by extension, originally from the idea of being carried by the tide, now chiefly in the phrase tide over) To carry over or through a problem or difficulty. (intransitive, rare) To pour a tide or flood. (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 ===== tide over ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== ebb flow neap spring ==== References ==== The Dictionary of the Scots Language “tide”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === 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) (intransitive, obsolete) To happen, occur. ===== Synonyms ===== betide, befall === Anagrams === DIET, Diet, diet, dite, diët, edit, edit., tied == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== tide alternative form of tyde (“time”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== tide alternative form of tydy == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiːd/ === Noun === tide m or f dative form of tid == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === tide f dative form of tid == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtiː.de/ === Noun === tīde inflection of tīd: accusative/genitive/dative singular nominative/accusative plural ==== See also ==== == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From English today. === Adverb === tide today == Ternate == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈti.de] === Noun === tide the tide or tide-tide dance === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh