Tide meaning
The tide of public opinion.
Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide. "” Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, III-iv.
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. "” Shakespeare. Julius Caesar, IV-iii.
An example of the tide is when the ocean's water is at its highest point on the beach.
Eventide; Christmastide; Shrovetide.
Eastertide, eventide.
Tided off the reef; tiding up the Hudson.
- To help along temporarily, as through a period of difficulty.
- To reverse a condition.
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of tide
- Middle English from Old English tīd division of time dā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English tiden from Old English tīdan dā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English tide, from Old English tÄ«d (“time, period, season, while; hour; feast-day, festal-tide; canonical hour or service"), from Proto-Germanic *tÄ«diz (“time, period"), from Proto-Indo-European *dÄ«ti- (“time, period"), from Proto-Indo-European *dÄ«- (“time"). Cognate with Scots tide, tyde (“moment, time, occasion, period, tide"), North Frisian tid (“time"), West Frisian tiid (“time, while"), Dutch tijd (“time"), Low German Tied (“time"), Tiet, Low German Tide (“tide of the sea"), German Zeit (“time"), Danish tid (“time"), Swedish tid (“time"), Icelandic tÃð (“time"), Albanian ditë (“day"), Old Armenian Õ¿Õ« (ti, “age"), Kurdish dem (“time"). Related to time.
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- From Middle English tiden, tide, from Old English tÄ«dan (“to happen").
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- Old English tid, from Old High German zit
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