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Noun: tide  tId
  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"
Verb: tide  tId
  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: tiding, tides, tided

See also: bridge over

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

Antonym: ebb away

Encyclopedia: Tide, Oregon