tide Definition

tide
noun

1. The twice-daily rise and fall of the water level in the oceans and seas, caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and especially the Moon. See also neap tide, spring tide.
2. The level of the water, especially the sea, as affected by this.

Example: high tide
3. A sudden or marked trend.

Example: the tide of public opinion
Thesaurus: flow, current, ebb, course, direction, stream, tenor.
4. A time or season, especially of some festival.

Example: Whitsuntide

verb

intr
tided, tiding
1. To drift with or be carried on the tide.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon tid.

Phrasal Verb: tide someone over

To help them deal with a problem or difficult situation, etc for a time, until the problem, etc is resolved.