float+with+the+tide

  • 1To float with the stream — Stream Stream (str[=e]m), n. [AS. stre[ a]m; akin to OFries. str[=a]m, OS. str[=o]m, D. stroom, G. strom, OHG. stroum, str[=u]m, Dan. & Sw. str[ o]m, Icel. straumr, Ir. sroth, Lith. srove, Russ. struia, Gr. ry sis a flowing, rei^n to flow, Skr.… …

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  • 2Tide — (t[imac]d), v. t. To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream. [1913 Webster] They are tided down the stream. Feltham. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3tide — 1. noun /taɪd/ a) The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon. Let in the tide of knaves once more; my cook and Ill provide. mdash; Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, III iv b)… …

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  • 4tide — tide1 tideful, adj. tideless, adj. tidelessness, n. tidelike, adj. /tuyd/, n., v., tided, tiding. n. 1. the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about… …

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  • 5tide — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, time, from Old English tīd; akin to Old High German zīt time and perhaps to Greek daiesthai to divide Date: before 12th century 1. a. obsolete a space of time ; period b. a fit or opportune time ; opportun …

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  • 6tide — I [[t]taɪd[/t]] n. v. tid•ed, tid•ing 1) oce the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours 2) oce the inflow, outflow, or current of water… …

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  • 7tide — /taɪd / (say tuyd) noun 1. the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, about every 12 hours and 26 minutes, due to the attraction of the moon and sun. 2. the inflow, outflow, or current of water at any given place… …

  • 8with — [[t]wɪð, wɪθ[/t]] ♦ (Pronounced [[t]wɪ̱ð[/t]] for meanings 20 and 21.) 1) PREP If one person is with another, they are together in one place. With her were her son and daughter in law... She is currently staying with her father at his home. 2)… …

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  • 9Float — Float, v. t. 1. To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. [1913 Webster] Had floated that bell on the Inchcape rock. Southey. [1913 Webster] 2. To flood; to overflow; to… …

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  • 10The End (novel) — The End   …

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