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1. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
    
2. Something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)
   "a rising tide of popular interest"
    
3. There are usually two high and two low tides each day
   - lunar time period

1. Rise or move forward
   - surge
    
2. Cause to float with the tide
    
3. Be carried with the tide

Sounds like: tied

Derived forms: tiding, tides, tided

See also: tidal, tide over

Type of: be adrift, blow, course, drift, feed, float, flow, fluctuation, period, period of time, periodic event, recurrent event, run, time period, variation

Antonym: ebb

Encyclopedia: Tide