tides Definition

the alternate rising and falling of the surface of the ocean and of water bodies (such as gulfs and bays) connected with the ocean that occurs usually twice a day and is the result of differing gravitational forces exerted at different parts of the earth by another body (such as the moon or sun)

a less marked rising and falling of an inland body of water

a periodic movement in the earth's crust caused by the same forces that produce ocean tides

to flow as or in a tide : surge

to cause to float with or as if with the tide

betide, befall

the tide while ebbing or at ebb

a period or state of decline

a rising tide

an overwhelming quantity

a high point : peak

the tide when the water is at its greatest elevation

culminating point : climax

the farthest ebb of the tide

a tide of minimum range occurring at the first and the third quarters of the moon

seawater discolored by the presence of large numbers of dinoflagellates (as of the genera Karenia, Gymnodinium, and Alexandrium) which typically produce a toxin poisonous especially to many forms of marine vertebrate life and to humans who consume contaminated shellfish

a tide of greater-than-average range around the times of new moon and full moon