tidal : Idioms & Phrases

• (Physiol.), the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches.

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• noun a basin that is full of water at high tide
  

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• a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide.

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• noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
  eager; bore; eagre; aegir.
  

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• noun the water current caused by the tides
  tidal current.
  

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• noun the water current caused by the tides
  tidal current.
  

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• noun a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
  tidewater stream; tidal river; tidewater river.
  

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• noun a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream
  tidewater stream; tidal river; tidewater river.
  

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• noun an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon
  
  • a tidal wave of nausea
  • the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave
  • a tidal wave of crime
• noun an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide
  
• noun a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
  

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• . (a) See Tide wave, under Tide. Cf. 4th Bore. (b) A vast, swift wave caused by an earthquake or some extraordinary combination of natural causes. It rises far above high-water mark and is often very destructive upon low-lying coasts.

Webster 1913

• noun an area subject to tidal action
  

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