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TIDE

TIDE is a 4 letter word which starts with the letter T and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(prep.) Time; period; season.
(prep.) The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean and of bays rivers etc. connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former) acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition as at new moon and full moon their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide called the spring tide as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual called the neap tide.
(prep.) A stream; current; flood; as a tide of blood.
(prep.) Tendency or direction of causes influences or events; course; current.
(prep.) Violent confluence.

Syllable Information

The word TIDE is a 4 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for TIDE is: tide


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