English dictionary
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English noun: tide | |||
| 1. | tide (event) the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | periodic event, recurrent event | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ebbtide, flood, flood tide, high tide, high water, highwater, lee tide, leeward tide, low tide, low water, rising tide, slack tide, slack water | ||
| Part holonym | rip current, riptide, tidal current, tidal flow, undercurrent, undertide | ||
| 2. | tide (event) something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea) | ||
| Samples | A rising tide of popular interest. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fluctuation, variation | ||
| 3. | tide (time) there are usually two high and two low tides each day | ||
| Synonyms | lunar time period | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
English verb: tide | |||
| 1. | tide (motion) rise or move forward | ||
| Samples | Surging waves. | ||
| Synonyms | surge | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | course, feed, flow, run | ||
| Antonyms | ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out | ||
| 2. | tide (motion) cause to float with the tide | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | float | ||
| Cause | tide | ||
| 3. | tide (motion) be carried with the tide | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be adrift, blow, drift, float | ||
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