- tide
- noun1 change in the level of the seaADJECTIVE▪ strong▪ flood, incoming, rising▪ ebb, outgoing▪ high, low▪ neap, spring▪ ocean (esp. AmE)▪ rip▪
If caught in a rip tide, strong swimmers should swim for shore.
VERB + TIDE▪ catch▪We have to get up early to catch the tide (= leave at the same time as the tide goes out).
TIDE + VERB▪ be in▪ be out▪ come in, rise▪ ebb, fall, go out, recede, retreat (esp. BrE)▪ be on the turn (BrE), turn▪ occur▪the time of day when the highest tides occur
▪ wash sb/sth up▪The body was washed up by the tide the next day.
TIDE + NOUN▪ line, mark▪the high tide mark
▪ pool▪When the sea recedes, tide pools reveal a bewildering diversity of marine life.
PREPOSITION▪ at … tide▪Seals lie on the rocks at low tide.
▪ on a/the tide▪We went out to sea on the ebb tide.
2 movement of opinion; sudden increaseADJECTIVE▪ growing, rising▪the rising tide of crime
▪ shifting▪ political▪He didn't have the courage to swim against the political tide.
VERB + TIDE▪ go with, ride▪ go against, swim against▪ reverse, stem, turn, turn back▪attempts to stem the tide of revolution
TIDE + VERB▪ run▪Seeing the tide was now running in his direction, he renewed his campaign for reform.
▪ carry sb/sth along▪ turn▪The tide of public opinion seems to be turning at last.
PREPOSITION▪ against a/the tide▪It takes courage to speak out against the tide of public opinion.
▪ on a tide▪They were carried along on a tide of euphoria.
▪ tide against, tide in favour/favor of▪Civil liberties groups helped to turn the tide against industrial violence.
PHRASES▪ the tide of history▪the shifting tides of history
▪ the turn of the tide▪In the early 1990s there was a marked turn of the tide.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
