tidal
Origin of tidal
Related Words for tidal
sinuous, running, rolling, falling, streaming, tidal, full, liquid, smooth, fluid, teeming, rushing, rich, sweeping, brimming, overrun, spouting, issuing, cursiveExamples from the Web for tidal
Contemporary Examples of tidal
In "Pamela 1" Louie wades deeper into the gender pool, doubtlessly inviting a tidal wave of backlash.
Tempest, hurricane, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, or Big Bang?
But the public indignation that was slow to rise at first is now coming on like a tidal wave.
In the primaries, Jeb Bush just might be drowned in a tidal wave of tea.
But this tidal wave of systematic brutality has resulted in only 30 convictions.
War’s Silent Scourge: Sexual Violence Against WomenPeter Westmacott, Melanne Verveer
November 25, 2012
Historical Examples of tidal
I had missed the tidal train, and I represented that this had caused me some inconvenience.
RecollectionsDavid Christie Murray
The tidal wave of progress, once repulsed, is not likely to subside forever.
The ArenaVarious
He sat, vaguely hoping there might be tidal waves, earthquakes, cataclysms.
Erik DornBen Hecht
A great Peruvian earthquake sent a tidal wave into the Red Sea.
Ranching, Sport and TravelThomas Carson
Carried by the tidal rush the old tub circled in a great ellipse.
TerryCharles Goff Thomson
tidal
- relating to, characterized by, or affected by tidesa tidal estuary
- dependent on the state of the tidea tidal ferry
- (of a glacier) reaching the sea and discharging floes or icebergs
Word Origin and History for tidal
tidal
(tīd′l)- Resembling the tides; alternately rising and falling.