spring tide

noun

the large rise and fall of the tide at or soon after the new or the full moon.

any great flood or swelling rush: a spring tide of compliments.

Origin of spring tide

First recorded in 1520–30

Words nearby spring tide

Springs, spring snow, Springsteen, Springsteen, Bruce, springtail, spring tide, springtime, spring training, Spring Valley, Springville, springwood

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Example sentences from the Web for spring tide

Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning.
Tante|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
It was a spring-tide at half ebb; and the current, which was running fast and furiously, bore him instantly away.
Jack Sheppard, Vol. I (of III)|W. Harrison Ainsworth
The spring-tide shows but a bloom of unvarying freshness; August has languished and loved in the strength of the sun.
Confessions of a Young Man|George Moore
When the turn did come, over his being love rushed up like a spring-tide from the ocean of the Infinite.
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald

Now was the winter gone and the spring-tide come again, and with the blossoming of the earth blossomed Birdalone also.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles|William Morris

British Dictionary definitions for spring tide

spring tide

noun

either of the two tides that occur at or just after new moon and full moon when the tide-generating force of the sun acts in the same direction as that of the moon, reinforcing it and causing the greatest rise and fall in tidal level. The highest spring tides (equinoctial springs) occur at the equinoxesCompare neap tide

any great rush or flood

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Scientific definitions for spring tide

spring tide

A tide in which the difference between high and low tide is the greatest. Spring tides occur when the Moon is either new or full, and the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth are aligned. When this is the case, their collective gravitational pull on the Earth's water is strengthened. Compare neap tide. See more at tide.

单词	spring tide
释义	spring tide noun the large rise and fall of the tide at or soon after the new or the full moon. any great flood or swelling rush: a spring tide of compliments. Origin of spring tide First recorded in 1520–30 Words nearby spring tide Springs, spring snow, Springsteen, Springsteen, Bruce, springtail, spring tide, springtime, spring training, Spring Valley, Springville, springwood Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for spring tide Reading and the spring-tide beauties of the Thames valley had gone by in the morning. Tante\|Anne Douglas Sedgwick It was a spring-tide at half ebb; and the current, which was running fast and furiously, bore him instantly away. Jack Sheppard, Vol. I (of III)\|W. Harrison Ainsworth The spring-tide shows but a bloom of unvarying freshness; August has languished and loved in the strength of the sun. Confessions of a Young Man\|George Moore When the turn did come, over his being love rushed up like a spring-tide from the ocean of the Infinite. Robert Falconer\|George MacDonald Now was the winter gone and the spring-tide come again, and with the blossoming of the earth blossomed Birdalone also. The Water of the Wondrous Isles\|William Morris British Dictionary definitions for spring tide spring tide noun either of the two tides that occur at or just after new moon and full moon when the tide-generating force of the sun acts in the same direction as that of the moon, reinforcing it and causing the greatest rise and fall in tidal level. The highest spring tides (equinoctial springs) occur at the equinoxesCompare neap tide any great rush or flood Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for spring tide spring tide A tide in which the difference between high and low tide is the greatest. Spring tides occur when the Moon is either new or full, and the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth are aligned. When this is the case, their collective gravitational pull on the Earth's water is strengthened. Compare neap tide. See more at tide. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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