tided
Moved like ocean waters
Tided is the past tense of tide, almost always appearing in the phrase tided over—to help someone get through a difficult period until circumstances improve: The loan tided us over until payday.
The image is of riding a tide past an obstacle.
temporal
Tide of least range
- springRecoiling metal spiral
- highwaterPeak tidal elevation
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- cyclesRecurring sequences of events
lunar · moon · phases · periodicity · recurrence · alternation · flux · seasonal
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Tide of least range
cycles · lunar · moon · phases · periodicity · recurrence · alternation · flux · seasonal · monthly
- high tideMaximum sea level
- tidal waveEnormous oceanic surge
- 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
tide, tides, tidal, tiding, tidewater, tidemark, intertidal, tideway, tideless