Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Tide (-s -'s)
tide (-s -'s), n. [OE tid, time.]
- Sea; ocean waves; large expanse of salt water on the surface of planet Earth.
- Surge; billow; wave; waterfront; edge of the water; place where water meets land; [fig.] flood; flow of life-sustaining influences; place where heaven meets earth.
- Hour; time; twelve-hour period; [fig.] final out-pouring of light; atmospheric conditions at sunset; sunset display of colors and forms.
- Stream; current; [fig.] spiritual influence; pull of death into the next life.
- Ebb and flow; flux and reflux; twice daily lunar pull on terrestrial bodies of water; regular back and forth gravitational pull on a body of water.
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