# tides

Pronunciation: say "TYDZ" US /taɪdz/, AUS /tʰɑe̯dz/

## Noun

1. Plural of tide. — plural of tide
   - Simple: Plural of tide. Use it when talking about more than one rise and fall of the sea.
   - _The tides along this stretch of coast are unusually strong in autumn._
   - _Sailors learned to read the tides before charts existed._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of tide. — third-person singular simple present indicative of tide
   - Simple: The form of tide used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _A modest savings account tides him over between contracts._
   - _The emergency fund tides the shelter over during its slowest season._

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