to tide

Examples

• All

• "She kept trying to tell him she'd only taken one little drag to tide her over."

  Fiction book (1990)

• The nine or ten major operations that would have tided him nicely over the next month or two were now not to be.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I'm gonna go ahead and get you a few Percocets... and Oxycontin to tide you over.

  Cake (2014)

• Often, too, the borrowers were farmers requiring short-term loans to tide them over to the next season of production or to the next trip to market.

  Academic text (1992)

• If Deedee had asked her father for groceries, for cash, he doubtless would have given her enough to tide her over until her check for work-study came in Monday's mail.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Still, he knew he was fortunate to have livestock to tide him over until things could be straightened out with the Indian Agency because large numbers of Indians had been moved from their homes and relocated in tar paper shacks on the outskirts of Tulsa.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I brought you a snack to tide you over until dinner is ready.

• She gave him some money to tide him over until his next paycheck.

• These extra supplies should tide us over during the storm.

Synonyms

F

to float

vsto tide

645 1.0

To stay or move on water without sinking, sometimes in the air

is about being carried along by regular sea flow, not merely staying on surface

W

to wash

vsto tide

258 2.3

To carry away soil or rock by moving water

is about being moved along by regular sea flow rather than removed forcefully

D

to drift

vsto tide

41 3.6

To make wind or water carry something away

is limited to being carried by regular sea flow rather than any current

Idioms

T

to turn the tide

15 4.2

Cause a big change that makes things much better

S

to stem the tide

6 7.0

To stop or slow a growing problem

Phrasal Verbs

T

to tide over

10 4.1

To give someone money or help so they can get through a short difficult time

Compounds

H

high tide

26 1.8

The time when the sea reaches its highest level

L

low tide

11 1.4

The time when the sea is at its lowest level

R

red tide

• Specialized

3 6.8

Sea water that turns red or brown because many tiny sea plants make poisons that can harm fish and people

R

rising tide

3 3.5

A time when the sea level rises between low tide and the next high tide

C

crimson tide

1 8.6

A large wave of deep red color or a strong rise of feeling

F

flood tide

• Specialized

1 4.8

Period when the sea rises toward the shore between low and high tide

S

slack tide

• Specialized

1 7.0

A short time when the water is almost still before the current changes direction

D

direct tide

• Specialized

8.4

A high water level on the side of Earth facing the moon

F

flood tide

6.7

A time when success or popularity is at its highest

L

lee tide

• Specialized

9.8

Tide that flows in the same direction as the wind

L

leeward tide

• Specialized

8.3

A sea current that moves the same way as the wind

N

neap tide

• Specialized

6.3

A tide when the difference between high and low water is very small twice a month

T

tide rip

• Specialized

8.8

A stretch of rough water where water flows meet and swirl

How Strong

to surge

57 4.1

to tide

2 5.6

to drift

41 3.6

to bob

24 2.7

to float

645 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology