tide
2. tide \'ti-d\ n [ME, time, fr. OE ti-d; akin to OHG zi-t time, Gk
daiestha]i to divide obs 1a: a space of time : PERIOD 1b: a fit or
opportune time : OPPORTUNITY 1c: an ecclesiastical anniversary or festival
or its season 2a1: the alternate rising and falling of the surface of the
ocean and of wa ter bodies (as gulfs and bays) connected with the ocean
that occurs twice a day and is caused by the gravitational attraction of
the sun and moon occurring unequally on different parts of the earth 2a2: a
less marked rising and falling of an inland body of water 2b: FLOOD TIDE
3: something that fluctuates like the tides of the sea : VICISSITUDEM 4a: a
flowing stream : CURRENT 4b: the waters of the ocean 4c: flood waters :
the overflow of a flooding stream
2. tide vi 1: to flow as or in a tide : SURGE 2: to drift with the tide
esp. in navigating a ship into or out of an anch orage, harbor, or river
1a: to cause to float with the tide 1b: to enable to surmount or endure a
difficulty - used with over {the gift tided him over} {money to ~ him over
the emergency} 2: to proceed along (one's way) by taking advantage of tides
3. tide vi [ME tiden, fr. OE ti-dan; akin to MD tiden to go, come, OE] ti-d
time archaic : BETIDE, BEFALL