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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"

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

Sounds like: tics, tid

Derived forms: tides, tided, tiding

See also: tide over

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

Antonym: ebb

Encyclopedia: Tide