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Synonyms for tide

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tahyd
Phonetic Transcription : taɪd

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Définition of tide

Origin :
  • Old English tid "point or portion of time, due time," from Proto-Germanic *tidiz "division of time" (cf. Old Saxon tid, Dutch tijd, Old High German zit, German Zeit "time"), from PIE *di-ti- "division, division of time," suffixed form of root *da- "to divide, cut up" (cf. Sanskrit dati "cuts, divides;" Greek demos "people, land," perhaps literally "division of society;" daiesthai "to divide;" Old Irish dam "troop, company").
  • Meaning "rise and fall of the sea" (mid-14c.) is probably via notion of "fixed time," specifically "time of high water;" either a native evolution or from Middle Low German getide (cf. also Dutch tij, German Gezeiten "flood tide"). Old English seems to have had no specific word for this, using flod and ebba to refer to the rise and fall. Old English heahtid "high tide" meant "festival, high day."
  • noun flow, current
Example sentences :
  • Exhausted in mind and body, she could not long endure this tide of recollection.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Or, if I'd only got tied up in some way for a few weeks—something I could tide over.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • But now came a tide of other news, and almost all of it was stale stuff to him.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • There is one stream which I dread my inability to stem—it is the tide of Popular Opinion.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • But soon the tide returns, and once more I hear the roistering of the waves.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Again she found herself overwhelmed by a tide of reminiscences.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • There's a great roaring in the west, and it's worse it'll be getting when the tide's turned to the wind.
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • A tide of secret joy swept through him, as he realized his victory.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • I tried to think, to struggle against the tide that was sweeping me away.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • His troops were nearly all on the other side, when the tide began to rush in.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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