Word

tide, n.
(tides)
freq. cnt. 6

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

tide

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

tidal tide tide

semantic pointers

hypernym

periodic event, recurrent event

hyponym

high tide, high water, highwater low tide, low water ebbtide flood tide, flood, rising tide leeward tide, lee tide slack water, slack tide

part meronym

tidal flow, tidal current riptide, rip current undertide, undercurrent

something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

tide

sample sentences

"a rising tide of popular interest"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

variation, fluctuation

there are usually two high and two low tides each day
<noun.time>

lunar time period tide

semantic pointers

hypernym

period, period of time, time period