tide

English

/taɪd/, /taːd/

noun
Definitions
  • The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
  • A stream, current or flood.
  • (chronology) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
  • (regional) A time.
  • (regional) A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier (found in compounds).
  • (mining) The period of twelve hours.
  • Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
  • Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
  • (obsolete) Violent confluence

Etymology

Derived from Middle English tide (season, period, interval, time of year) derived from Old English tīd (time, season, period, feast-day, hour, festal-tide, while, due time, tide, canonical hour, canonical hour service, yeartide, point portion of time) derived from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz (time, period, interval) derived from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis (period, time), *deh₂y- (divide, part, separate, section, share, split).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*deh₂y-

Gloss

divide, part, separate, section, share, split

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Action/Process

Kanji

分

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