tide flow
81spring tide — noun 1. : a tide of greater than average range between high and low tide that occurs twice each synodic month around the times of new and full moon when the tidal actions of the sun and moon are nearly in the same direction compare flood tide,… …
82spring|tide — «SPRIHNG TYD», noun. = springtime. (Cf. ↑springtime) spring tide, 1. the exceptionally high and low tides which come at the time of the new moon or the full moon, especially the highest level of high tide: »Approximately twice monthly the sun,… …
83ebb and flow — noun 1. : the alternate ebb and flood of the tide 2. : a condition or rhythm of alternate forward and backward movement or of alternate decline and renewed advance the ebb and flow of battle the ebbs and flows of business * * * ebb and flow, 1.… …
84flood tide — rising or incoming tide; the period between low water and the succeeding high water. Flow enters an estuary during a flood tide. Also called rising tide …
85rising tide — flood tide (rising or incoming tide; the period between low water and the succeeding high water. Flow enters an estuary during a flood tide) …
86spring tide — n. 1. a type of tide that occurs at the time of a new moon or full moon: at these times the high tides are higher and the low tides are lower than the corresponding tides during neap tide because of the gravitational effects of the straight line… …
87mixed tide — mixed tide, a tide that does not flow and ebb regularly twice a day: »Some Pacific islands have mixed tides, such as two high tides daily, with only a little ebb between, and then a very low tide (Robert O. Reid) …
88tidal flow — noun the water current caused by the tides • Syn: ↑tidal current • Hypernyms: ↑current, ↑stream • Hyponyms: ↑tidal bore, ↑bore, ↑eagre, ↑aegir …
89flood tide — n the flow of the sea in towards the land →↑ebb tide …
90ebb and flow — 1. noun a) The flowing out and in of the tide. b) A large flowing out and in. 2. verb To alternately ebb and flow. As true we are as flesh and blood can be: / The sea will ebb and flow, heaven show his face …
