tide
/taɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
noun
The associated flow of water.
noun
A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.
Example Sentences
- "The Bristol Channel has some of the world's largest tides."
- "A lot of driftwood was brought in on the tide."
- "We can cross to the island when the tide is out, but it won't move out until around five o'clock."
- "As well as sea tides, there are much smaller land tides."
- "By far the largest tides on Europa are those caused by the gravitational attraction of Jupiter."
- "The sewer burst, and a tide of sewage poured into nearby properties."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis Proto-Germanic *tīdiz Proto-West Germanic *tīdi Old English tīd Middle English tyde English tide Inherited from Middle English tyde, from Old English tīd, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis. Related to time. Cognate with Dutch tijd (“time”), German Zeit (“time”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish tid (“time”), Faroese and Icelandic tíð (“time”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: tiden, tīdan
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /taɪd/
- British English: /taɪd/