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tide

1  [tahyd] ,noun, verb, tid⋅ed, tid⋅ing.
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–noun
1. the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
2. the inflow, outflow, or current of water at any given place resulting from the waves of tides.
3. flood tide.
4. a stream or current.
5. anything that alternately rises and falls, increases and decreases, etc.: the tide of the seasons.
6. current, tendency, or drift, as of events or ideas: the tide of international events.
7. any extreme or critical period or condition: The tide of her illness is at its height.
8. a season or period in the course of the year, day, etc. (now used chiefly in combination): wintertide; eventide.
9. Ecclesiastical. a period of time that includes and follows an anniversary, festival, etc.
10. Archaic. a suitable time or occasion.
11. Obsolete. an extent of time.
–verb (used without object)
12. to flow as the tide; flow to and fro.
13. to float or drift with the tide.
–verb (used with object)
14. to carry, as the tide does.
—Verb phrase
15. tide over,
a. to assist in getting over a period of difficulty or distress.
b. to surmount (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); survive.
—Idiom
16. turn the tide, to reverse the course of events, esp. from one extreme to another: The Battle of Saratoga turned the tide of the American Revolution.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME (n.); OE tīd time, hour; c. D tijd, G Zeit, ON tīth; akin to time

Related forms:
tideful, adjective
tideless, adjective
tide⋅less⋅ness, noun
tidelike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

tide 
O.E. tid "point or portion of time, due time," from P.Gmc. *tidiz "division of time" (cf. O.S. tid, Du. tijd, O.H.G. zit, Ger. Zeit "time"), from PIE *di-ti- "division, division of time," suffixed form of base *da- "to divide, cut up" (cf. Skt. dati "cuts, divides;" Gk. demos "people, land," perhaps lit. "division of society;" daiesthai "to divide;" O.Ir. dam "troop, company"). Meaning "rise and fall of the sea" (1340) is probably via notion of "fixed time," specifically "time of high water;" either a native evolution or from M.L.G. getide (cf. also Du. tij, Ger. Gezeiten "flood tide"). O.E. had no specific word for this, using flod and ebba to refer to the rise and fall. The verb meaning "to carry (as the tide does)" is recorded from 1626, usually with over.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tide
Pronunciation: 'tId
Function: noun
: a temporary increase or decrease in a specified substance or quality in the body or one of its systemstide during fasting resulting in increased acidity of the urine> tide during digestion resulting in decreased acidity> tide after a richmeal resulting in an increase in fats in the lymph and blood>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

tide (tīd)
n.
An alternate increase and decrease, as of levels of a substance in the blood or digestive tract.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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