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  • 101neap tide — noun a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon • Syn: ↑neap • Ant: ↑springtide • Hypernyms: ↑high tide, ↑high water, ↑highwater * * * noun …

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  • 102ebb tide — Synonyms and related words: dead low water, direct tide, ebb, ebb and flow, flood, flood tide, flow, flux, flux and reflux, full tide, high tide, high water, low tide, low water, lunar tide, neap, neap tide, opposite tide, refluence, reflux, rip …

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  • 103flood tide — Synonyms and related words: amplitude, congestion, direct tide, ebb, ebb and flow, ebb tide, flood, flow, flux, flux and reflux, full, full tide, fullness, high tide, high water, impletion, low tide, low water, lunar tide, neap, neap tide,… …

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  • 104high tide — Synonyms and related words: amplitude, congestion, direct tide, ebb, ebb and flow, ebb tide, flood, flood tide, flow, flux, flux and reflux, full, full tide, fullness, high water, impletion, low tide, low water, lunar tide, neap, neap tide,… …

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  • 105low tide — Synonyms and related words: dead low water, direct tide, ebb, ebb and flow, ebb tide, flood, flood tide, flow, flux, flux and reflux, full tide, high tide, high water, low water, lunar tide, neap, neap tide, opposite tide, refluence, reflux, rip …

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  • 106Galactic tide — A galactic tide is a tidal force subjected on objects by the gravitational field of a galaxy such as the Milky Way. Particular areas of interest concerning galactic tides include galactic collisions, the disruption of dwarf or satellite galaxies …

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  • 107high tide — The highest line to which the tide rises. The time of day at which the tide reaches such line. See mean high tide; neap tide; spring tide …

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  • 108high tide — n. 1. the highest level to which the tide rises; high water 2. the time when the tide is at this level: see SPRING TIDE 3. any culminating point or time …

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  • 109neap tide — noun The tide which occurs when the Moon is in its first and third quarter; the effects of the Sun and Moon being partially cancelled out this type of tide is of minimum range. Ant: spring tide …

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  • 110neap tide — [ˈni:p taıd] n a very small rise and fall of the level of the sea at the times of the first and third quarters of the moon →↑spring tide …

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