tident.html - See: TURN THE TIDE.

tident.html - {v.} To carry past a difficulty or danger; help in bad times or in trouble. * /He was out of work last winter but he had saved enough money to tide him over until spring./ * /An ice cream cone in the afternoon tided her over until supper./ Compare: SEE THROUGH.

tident.html - See: TURN THE TIDE.

tident.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a the periodic rise and fall of the sea due to the attraction of the moon and sun (see EBB n. 1, FLOOD n. 3). b the water as affected by this.
2 a time or season (usu. in comb.: Whitsuntide).
3 a marked trend of opinion, fortune, or events.

--v.

intr. drift with the tide, esp. work in or out of harbour with the help of the tide.

tide-mill a mill with a water-wheel driven by the tide. tide over enable or help (a person) to deal with an awkward situation, difficult period, etc. (the money will tide me over until Friday). tide-rip (or -rips) rough water caused by opposing tides. work double tides work twice the normal time, or extra hard.

tideless adj. [OE tid f. Gmc, rel. to TIME]

tident.html - n.
US land that is submerged at high tide.

tident.html - n.
1 a mark made by the tide at high water.
2 esp. Brit. a a mark left round a bath at the level of the water in it. b a line on a person's body marking the extent to which it has been washed.