tide
noun /taɪd/
/taɪd/
Idioms - [countable, uncountable] a regular rise and fall in the level of the sea, caused by the pull of the moon and sun; the flow of water that happens as the sea rises and falls
- the ebb and flow of the tide
- The tide is in/out.
- Is the tide coming in or going out?
- The body was washed up on the beach by the tide.
Homophones tide | tiedtide tied/taɪd//taɪd/- tide noun
- We'll swim back to the beach before the tide turns.
- tide verb
- Short-term loans are designed to tide borrowers over until their next payday.
- tied verb (past tense, past participle of tie)
- She tied her hair up with ribbon.
Wordfinder- beach
- cliff
- coast
- dune
- headland
- inlet
- promontory
- sea
- shore
- tide
Wordfindersee also flood tide, high tide, low tide, neap tide, rip tide, spring tide- beach
- coast
- harbour
- pier
- sandbank
- sea
- shoreline
- surf
- tide
- wave
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc1, Geographyc1- We have to get up early to catch the tide.
- We went out to sea on the ebb tide.
- the time of day when the highest tides occur
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strong
- flood
- incoming
- …
- catch
- be in
- be out
- come in
- …
- line
- mark
- pool
- …
- at… tide
- on a/the tide
- [countable, usually singular] the direction in which the opinion of a large number of people seems to be moving
- It takes courage to speak out against the tide of opinion.
- There is a growing tide of opposition to the idea.
- a tide of optimism
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc1- He didn't have the courage to swim against the political tide.
- In the early 1990s there was a marked turn of the tide.
- Seeing the tide was now running in his direction, he renewed his campaign for reform.
- the shifting tides of history
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- growing
- rising
- shifting
- …
- go with
- ride
- go against
- …
- run
- carry somebody/something along
- turn
- …
- against a/the tide
- on a tide
- tide against
- …
- the tide of history
- the turn of the tide
- [countable, usually singular] a large amount of something unpleasant that is increasing and is difficult to control
- There is anxiety about the rising tide of crime.
- Measures have been taken to stem the tide of pornography (= stop it from getting worse).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- growing
- rising
- shifting
- …
- go with
- ride
- go against
- …
- run
- carry somebody/something along
- turn
- …
- against a/the tide
- on a tide
- tide against
- …
- the tide of history
- the turn of the tide
- [singular] tide of something a feeling that you suddenly have that gets stronger and stronger
- A tide of rage surged through her.
- They were carried along on a tide of euphoria.
- -tide[singular] (old use) (in compounds) a time or season of the year
- Christmastide
Word OriginOld English tīd ‘time, period, era’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tijd and German Zeit, also to time. The sense relating to the sea dates from late Middle English.
Idioms
go, swim, etc. with/against the tide
- to agree with/oppose the attitudes or opinions that most other people haveTopics Opinion and argumentc2
the tide turned | turn the tide
- used to say that there is a change in somebody’s luck or in how successful they are being
- The tide turned for the Canadian at the start of the second set.
- This contract is probably our last chance to turn the tide.