high tide high water highwater | the tide when the water is highest |
low tide low water | the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide |
tide | the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon |
direct tide | the occurrence of high tide on one side of the earth coinciding with high tide on the opposite side |
flood tide flood rising tide | the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide), a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune -Shakespeare |
neap tide neap | a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon |
leeward tide lee tide | a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing, a leeward tide is dangerous for small boats |
slack water slack tide | the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide |
rip riptide tide rip crosscurrent countercurrent | a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current |
climax flood tide | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding, the climax of the artist's career, in the flood tide of his success |
tide | something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea), a rising tide of popular interest |
red tide | seawater that is discolored by large numbers of certain dinoflagellates that produce saxitoxin |
Yule log | large log traditionally burned at Christmas |
Christmas Christmastide Christmastime Yule Yuletide Noel | period extending from Dec. to Jan. |
tide lunar time period | there are usually two high and two low tides each day |
turn the tables turn the tide | cause a complete reversal of the circumstances, The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power! |
tide | be carried with the tide |
tide | cause to float with the tide |
tide surge | rise or move forward, surging waves |
tide over bridge over keep going | suffice for a period between two points, This money will keep us going for another year |