tide's

The moon's pull

Tide's is the possessive form of tide, indicating something belonging to or associated with the regular rise and fall of ocean waters caused by gravitational forces.

It appears in phrases describing characteristics or effects of tidal movement: the tide's pull, the tide's rhythm.

The form also works as a contraction of "tide is" or "tide has" in casual speech: The tide's coming in.

oceanic

ebb

Gradual retreat seaward

flowUnbroken forward movement
currentDirected flow of charge
waveOscillating motion through medium

surge · neap · spring · flood · lunar · pull · shoreline · coastal · seawater · inlet

temporal

turning

Act of rotating

changeTo make different
shiftMovement or work period
momentBrief period of time

hour · season · cycle · passage · rhythm · phase · timing · interval · period · duration

metaphorical

fortune's

Belonging to luck

history'sBelonging to recorded time
war'sBelonging to armed conflict
battle'sOf a fight

opinion's · public's · movement's · revolution's · power's

laundry

cleaning

Removing dirt and mess

stainLasting surface discoloration
fabricWoven or knit material
washingCleaning with liquid

pods · liquid · scent · freshness · brightening · softening · rinse · load · whites · colors

Opposites

water movement type

tide'scurrent's

Belonging to the flow

wave's · stream's · pond's · lake's · pool's

tidal direction

tide'sflood's

Possessive of inundation

Phrases

high tideMaximum sea level
low tideSea at minimum level
turn of the tideDecisive change in fortune
turn the tideReverse a situation's direction
turned the tideChanged a losing situation
stemming the tideStopping a powerful advance

Family

tide, tides, tided, tidewater, tidemark, tideway, high tide, tideland, tidelands

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