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