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# tide

noun (a tide, tides); verb (tide over)

«tide» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The regular rise and fall of the sea's level, usually twice a day, caused mainly by the pull of the Moon's gravity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#m1)
2. A strong feeling or trend that changes, as in a tide of opinion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#m2)
3. "Tide someone over" means to help them for a short time until something better comes: a snack to tide you over until dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science and geography, the Moon's gravity (and the Sun's) pulls the oceans, making high tide and low tide, roughly every 12 and a half hours. At low tide you can explore rock pools; at high tide the beach gets smaller. In safety, an incoming tide can cut you off on a sandbank or at the bottom of cliffs, so check the tide times before walking on the shore. Phrases: "high tide", "low tide", "the tide is coming in / going out", "tide times", "turn the tide", "go against the tide".

### Examples

- At low tide we looked for crabs in the rock pools. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#x1)
- The tide is coming in, so let's move our towels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#x2)
- Check the tide times before walking round the cliffs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#x3)
- The Moon's pull causes the tides. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#x4)
- There are about two high tides every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#x5)
- At high tide the sand castle washed away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#x6)
- Have an apple to tide you over until lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#x7)
- The team's goal turned the tide of the match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#x8)
- But the tide came in, just as it always did. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a tide, tides. Homophone: "tide" (sea) and "tied" (past of tie) sound the same. A "riptide" or rip current is a strong current flowing out to sea, not exactly a tide; if caught in one, swim parallel to the shore. In time problems: if high tide is at 9:00 and the next is about 12½ hours later, it is around 21:30.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tide/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tide» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tide.html) on Mova free.