Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tide
IPA transcription: [t'aɪd]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: tide
    Meaning: the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
  • Synonyms: tide
    Meaning: something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"
Usage examples
  • Stem the tide of opinion
  • "What! the tide!" I cried.
  • Tide will help 'em when it turns."
  • "Here is the tide rising," I cried.
  • 'She's fast enough till the tide runs back.
  • It took a world-wide plague to turn the tide.
  • Now just contemplate the effect of a 600-foot tide.
  • "Did you ever see the tide come into the Bay of Fundy.
  • How can we stem the tide of wickedness among the people?
  • She strangled a fierce tide of feeling that welled up within her