# tided

Pronunciation: say "TYD-id" US /ˈtaɪdɪd/, AUS /ˈtʰɑe̯dɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of tide. — simple past and past participle of tide
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of tide. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _Savings tided the household over during the long strike._
   - _A short-term loan tided the business over until sales recovered._

## Adjective

2. Affected by the rise and fall of the tide, or having a tide of its own.
   - Simple: Changed by the rise and fall of the sea, or having a tide.
   - _The tided estuary supports fish that thrive in changing salinity._
   - _Engineers studied the tided marsh to predict seasonal flooding._

## Origin

Formed from "tide" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tided (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).