tide
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(verb) be carried with the tide |
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Related Words: be adrift, blow, drift, float |
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| 2. |
(verb) cause to float with the tide |
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Related Words: float |
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| 3. |
(verb) rise in waves |
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Synonyms: surge |
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Related Words: course, flow, run |
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Antonyms: ebb |
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(noun) the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon |
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Related Words: ebbtide, flood tide, high tide, high water, highwater, low tide, low water, periodic event, recurrent event, rising tide, slack tide, slack water |
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(noun) something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest" |
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Related Words: fluctuation, variation |
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(noun) there are usually two high and two low tides each day |
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Synonyms: lunar time period |
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Related Words: amount of time, period, period of time, time period |
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