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tided

Variant of tide

noun

  1. Obsolete a period of time: now only in combination: Eastertide, eventide
    1. the alternate rise and fall of the surface of oceans, seas, and the bays, rivers, etc. connected with them, caused by the attraction of the moon and sun: it may occur twice in each period of 24 hours and 50 minutes, which is the time of one rotation of the earth with respect to the moon
    2. flood tide
  2. something that rises and falls like the tide
  3. a stream, current, etc. or trend, tendency, etc.: the tide of public opinion
  4. the period during which something is at its highest or fullest point
  5. Archaic an opportune time or occasion

adjective

intransitive verb tided, tiding

  1. to flow or surge like a tide
  2. Naut. to drift with the tide, esp. in moving into or out of a harbor, river, etc.

transitive verb

to carry with or as with the tide

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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