tide

1. The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon (synset 107417119)
   hypernym: periodic event, recurrent event - an event that recurs at intervals
   hyponym:

   • high tide, high water, highwater - the tide when the water is highest
   • low tide, low water - the lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide
   • ebbtide - the tide while water is flowing out
   • flood, flood tide, rising tide - the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
   • lee tide, leeward tide - a tide that runs in the same direction as the wind is blowing
   • slack tide, slack water - the occurrence of relatively still water at the turn of the (low) tide
   part holonym:

   • tidal current, tidal flow - the water current caused by the tides
   • rip current, riptide - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
   • undercurrent, undertide - a current below the surface of a fluid
2. Something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea) (synset 107459095)
   "a rising tide of popular interest"
   hypernym: fluctuation, variation - an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change
3. There are usually two high and two low tides each day (synset 115300713)
   hypernym: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
   synonym: lunar time period

1. Rise or move forward (synset 201907749)
   "surging waves"
   hypernym: course, feed, flow, run - move along, of liquids
   synonym: surge
2. Cause to float with the tide (synset 201878417)
   cause: tide - be carried with the tide
   hypernym: float - set afloat
3. Be carried with the tide (synset 201878313)
   hypernym: be adrift, blow, drift, float - be in motion due to some air or water current

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