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tiding

USTY-ding/ˈtaɪdɪŋ/

Pluraltidings

2 meanings of tiding

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  1. 1
    nounarchaic
    A piece of news or information about something that has happened.
    Glad tidings we bring / To you and your kin.
    19th century, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”Here, tidings means news.
    But yet it is pity we had lost tidings of our souls: actually we shall have to go in quest of them again, or worse in all ways will befall!
    1843, Thomas Carlyle, “Ch. 2, St. Edmundsbury”Here, tidings means news or word.
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  2. 2
    verb
    The -ing form of tide. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

    A small loan was tiding the family over until spring.

    Tiding the shop over until the busy season took careful planning.

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tiding is a form of tide

tide, verb: To help someone get through a hard time or shortage. It is usually said as tide someone over. Full entry

Forms
tidetides he/she/ittiding -ing formtided past tense, past participle
Spelling
tide → tiding: drop the e, add -ing

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Origin

It comes from an old English word for news, related to Old Norse and to the word for a thing that happens.