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A phenomenon that regularly occurs in the city of Venice, Italy, typically during high and spring tide, involving the flooding of the most low-lying areas of Venice.
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(dated, local dialect) A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent
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A low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again.
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(oceanography) A region of the ocean which experiences little to no tidal fluctuation.
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Pressure waves in the atmosphere similar to the tides of the ocean, produced by the gravitational influence of the moon and by thermal expansion and contraction.
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(rare, poetic, archaic or obsolete) The time or season of one's birth, birthtime.
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A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
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(nautical) the level below which depths are indicated and above which heights of the tides are expressed; usually mean level of low water at a spring tide
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Alternative spelling of cotidal [Describing the locations (and of related lines on a chart) linking places where tides occur at the same time of day]
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A zone in which the duration of annual continuous exposure or submergence of intertidal areas changes sharply.
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(nautical) A turbulent stretch of water caused by multiple currents.
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A line at which tides from two inlets meet and tide-borne sediment deposits.
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Closer to the mouth of a river
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The receding movement of the tide.
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The flowing out and in of the tide.
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The period between high tide and the next low tide in which the sea is receding.
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Alternative form of ebb tide [The period between high tide and the next low tide in which the sea is receding.]
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higher or lower than would be caused by tidal effects
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The period between low tide and the next high tide in which the sea is rising.
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Alternative form of flood tide [The period between low tide and the next high tide in which the sea is rising.]
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Alternative form of flood tide [The period between low tide and the next high tide in which the sea is rising.]
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The rising movement of the tide.
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(rare, literally, figuratively) An early tide (tidal surge).
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The warm ocean current issuing from the Gulf of Mexico, flowing northeastwards along the coast of North America to the Grand Banks where it breaks eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean and helps to maintain warm temperatures along the western coasts of the British Isles.
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Left dry during such a tide.
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The time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level.
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(uncountable) The location of high tide on a coastal area.
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The point at which the sea level is at its highest during any given cycle
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Initialism of high water. [(uncountable) The location of high tide on a coastal area.]
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Of the tide, at or near its highest level.
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Between successive tides
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Within a tide (between one high tide and the next)
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An unusually high spring tide that occurs during full moon in the summer and winter months (when the earth is at perihelion and the earth, moon and sun are aligned).
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(oceanography, usually with "~ Current") The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre.
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Complete flooding of a North Sea Hallig during a storm tide.
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The point at which a hurricane or similar storm reaches land.
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A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
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The tide at its lowest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
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A mark, such as a line of seaweed, showing the lowest level reached by a body of water.
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The point at which the sea level is at its lowest during any given cycle
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Having a relatively large tidal range (greater than 4 metres)
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(oceanography) A printed record of tidal levels.
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A giant ripple, typically of sand exposed to tidal action.
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Having a large tidal range
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Having a small tidal range (less than 2 metres)
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(law, US) Those waters that are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide and/or are presently used, or have been used in the past, or may be susceptible for use to transport interstate or foreign commerce. A determination of navigability, once made, applies laterally over the entire surface of the waterbody, and is not extinguished by later actions or events which impede or destroy navigable capacity.
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Designating a tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is the least difference between high tide and low tide.
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The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.
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Alternative form of neap tide [The tide which occurs just after the first and third quarters of the moon, when there is least difference between high tide and low tide.]
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(of tides, nonstandard) Having a very small difference between low tide and high tide.
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Any more or less permanent or continuous, directed movement of water that flows in one of the Earth's oceans.
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Of the tide, at or near its lowest level.
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(oceanography, usually with "~ Current") The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre.
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A tidal flood, especially at the mouth of the Amazon River, that rushes with a roaring noise into the river and proceeds in one or more waves that often present a very abrupt front of considerable height.
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An unusually high high tide that occurs when the Moon is at its closest point in its orbit to the Earth and in its new or full moon phase
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The bank to the right of a river when facing downstream.
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(Australia, New Zealand) A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
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A strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
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(UK) Alternative spelling of riptide. [A particularly strong tidal current.]
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A particularly strong tidal current.
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A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
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The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.
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A rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.
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(rare) Alternative spelling of storm tide [A rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.]
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Water that is not absorbed into soil and rapidly flows downstream, increasing the level of waterways.
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(obsolete) The current of a stream.
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A tsunami that travels more than 1000 kilometres from its origin before reaching land.
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(nautical) The flow of water caused by the rise and fall of the tide.
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(nautical, navigation) A diamond-shaped symbol on a chart, indicating the direction and speed of tidal streams
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(physics) The energy contained in a tide flowing in or out of an estuary or similar enclosed place, especially that part of the energy that can be converted to electricity.
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The bed of a tidal river, estuary, or shallow sea such as the Wadden Sea which is uncovered at low tide.
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A piece of land that is connected to the mainland at low tide but separated at high tide.
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(oceanography) A region of the ocean which experiences little to no tidal fluctuation.
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A river that enters a sea or estuary and is this affected by tides; at times, water will flow upstream.
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(nautical) The flow of the water caused by rising and falling tide
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A large and sudden rise and fall in the tide.
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(astronomy) Subject to tidal locking.
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The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
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The interval between consecutive high tides at a given place.
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An elliptical plate marking the state of the ocean tides.
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(nautical) A place where the tide runs with great velocity, as through a gate.
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A mill operated by tidal currents.
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Alternative spelling of tidepool [A rocky pool by the ocean that is filled with seawater left behind by the falling tide.]
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A body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents.
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A table giving the time of when the tide will be high or low at a particular place.
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The transition of tides to or from high tide and low tide
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Resembling the periodic tides of the sea.
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A line of floating debris, seaweed etc. that marks the boundary between two surface currents.
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(of ocean tides) At each tide; each time the tide comes in; tidally.
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a line (of seaweed or differently coloured sand etc) on the shore showing the level of high or low tide
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A rocky pool by the ocean that is filled with seawater left behind by the falling tide.
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One who drives with the tide
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Water affected by the flow of the tide, especially tidal streams.
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A channel in which the tide sets.
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Obsolete form of tide. [The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.]
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A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
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The turbulent flow, with many eddies, downstream of a blunt body
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(nautical) To perform the labour of three days in two.
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Archaic spelling of estuary. [A coastal water body where ocean tides and river water merge, resulting in a brackish water zone.]
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