tide : Idioms & Phrases

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Acceleration and retardation of the tides

  • . See Priming of the tides, under Priming.
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Age of a tide

  • the time from the origin of a tide in the South Pacific Ocean to its arrival at a given place.
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Atmospheric tides

  • tidal movements of the atmosphere similar to those of the ocean, and produced in the same manner by the attractive forces of the sun and moon.
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bartholomew tide

Bar*thol"o*mew tide`
Definitions
  1. Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak.
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Counter tide

  • contrary tide.
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direct tide

  • noun the occurrence of high tide on one side of the earth coinciding with high tide on the opposite side
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ebb tide

Ebb" tide`
Definitions
  1. The reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide.
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Falling tide

  • the ebb tide.
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Flood tide

  • noun the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
    climax.
    • the climax of the artist's career
    • in the flood tide of his success
  • noun the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
    flood; flood tide.
    • a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
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  • the rising tide; opposed to ebb tide.
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Gang tide

  • . See Gang week (below).
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Half tide

  • the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood.
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High tide

  • noun the tide when the water is highest
    highwater; high water.
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  • the greatest flow of the tide; high water.
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Inferior tide

  • the tide corresponding to the moon's transit of the meridian, when below the horizon.
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Lag of the tide

  • the interval by which the time of high water falls behind the mean time, in the first and third quarters of the moon; opposed to priming of the tide, or the acceleration of the time of high water, in the second and fourth quarters; depending on the relative positions of the sun and moon.
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Lee tide

  • noun a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing
    lee tide.
    • a leeward tide is dangerous for small boats
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  • a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows.
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leeward tide

  • noun a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing
    lee tide.
    • a leeward tide is dangerous for small boats
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Low tide

  • noun the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide
    low water.
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  • the farthest ebb of the tide; the tide at its lowest point; low water.
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neap tide

  • noun a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
    neap; neap tide.
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Neap tides

  • noun a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon
    neap; neap tide.
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  • the lowest tides of the lunar month, which occur in the second and fourth quarters of the moon; opposed to spring tides.
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Perigean tides

  • those spring tides which occur soon after the moon passes her perigee.
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Priming of the tide

  • . See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag.
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red tide

  • noun seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin
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Retard, ∨ Age, of the tide

  • the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediatelly proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to correspond to it. The retard of the tide is thus distinguished from the lunitidal interval. See under Retardation. rHam. Nav. Encyc.
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Retardation of the tide

  • . (a) The lunitidal interval, or the hour angle of the moon at the time of high tide any port; the interval between the transit of the moon and the time of high tide next following . (b) The age of the tide; the retard of the tide. See under Retard, n.
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rising tide

  • noun the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
    flood; flood tide.
    • a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
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slack tide

  • noun the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide
    slack water.
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Spring tide

  • the tide which happens at, or soon after, the new and the full moon, and which rises higher than common tides. See Tide.
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Tide day

  • the interval between the occurrences of two consecutive maxima of the resultant wave at the same place. Its length varies as the components of sun and moon waves approach to, or recede from, one another. A retardation from this cause is called the lagging of the tide, while the acceleration of the recurrence of high water is termed the priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag.
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Tide dial

  • a dial to exhibit the state of the tides at any time.
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Tide gate

  • . (a) An opening through which water may flow freely when the tide sets in one direction, but which closes automatically and prevents the water from flowing in the other direction. (b) (Naut.) A place where the tide runs with great velocity, as through a gate.
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Tide gauge

  • a gauge for showing the height of the tide; especially, a contrivance for registering the state of the tide continuously at every instant of time. Brande & C.
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Tide lock

  • a lock situated between an inclosed basin, or a canal, and the tide water of a harbor or river, when they are on different levels, so that craft can pass either way at all times of the tide; called also guard lock.
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Tide mill

  • . (a) A mill operated by the tidal currents. (b) A mill for clearing lands from tide water.
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tide over

  • verb suffice for a period between two points
    keep going; bridge over.
    • This money will keep us going for another year
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Tide rip

  • noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
    crosscurrent; riptide; rip; countercurrent.
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  • a body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents.
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Tide table

  • a table giving the time of the rise and fall of the tide at any place.
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Tide water

  • water affected by the flow of the tide; hence, broadly, the seaboard.
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Tide wave, ∨ Tidal wave

  • the swell of water as the tide moves. That of the ocean is called primitive; that of bays or channels derivative. Whewell.
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Tide wheel

  • a water wheel so constructed as to be moved by the ebb or flow of the tide.
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tide-rode

Tide"-rode` adjective
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) Swung by the tide when at anchor; -- opposed to wind-rode.
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To work double tides

  • (Naut.), to perform the labor of three days in two; a phrase which alludes to a practice of working by the night tide as well as by the day.
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turn the tide

  • verb cause a complete reversal of the circumstances
    turn the tables.
    • The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!
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Weather tide

  • (Naut.), the tide which sets against the lee side of a ship, impelling her to the windward. Mar. Dict.
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