tide

(noun, verb)

noun

1. the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

Definition categories: event

2. something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)

- a rising tide of popular interest

Definition categories: event, fluctuation, variation

3. there are usually two high and two low tides each day

Definition categories: time, period

verb

1. rise or move forward

Similar word(s): surge

Definition categories: motion, course, feed, flow, run

2. cause to float with the tide

Definition categories: motion, float

3. be carried with the tide

Definition categories: motion, blow, drift, float

Sentences with tide as a verb:

- The ocean tided most impressively, even frightening