adjective.
Dependent on or scheduled by the time of high tide.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to a tide or the tides; subject to or characterized by a periodical rise and fall or ebb and flow: as, a tidal river; tidal waters; a tidal basin.
Dependent on the tides: as, a tidal steamer (that is, a steamer the hour of whose departure is regulated by the state of the tide); tidal trains (that is, trains that run in connection with tidal steamers).
Figuratively, a wide-spread or general manifestation of strong feeling or sentiment: as, a tidal wave of popular indignation.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Of or pertaining to tides; caused by tides; having tides; periodically rising and falling, or following and ebbing.
adjective.
the air which passes in and out of the lungs in ordinary breathing. It varies from twenty to thirty cubic inches.
adjective.
a dock that is filled at the rising of the tide.
adjective.
A vast, swift wave caused by an earthquake or some extraordinary combination of natural causes. It rises far above high-water mark and is often very destructive upon low-lying coasts.
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adjective.
of or relating to or caused by tides
Word Usage
"A sea-bred boy would not have stayed a day on Earraid, which is only what they call a tidal islet, and, except, in the bottom of the neaps, can be entered and left twice in every twenty-four hours, either dry-shod, or, at the most, by wading."