Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling the periodic tides of the sea.

Etymologies

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tide +‎ -like

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Examples

  • And it kept on coming, seemingly gallons of it, in a red dump that literally sounded tidelike as it splashed against the floor.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • And it kept on coming, seemingly gallons of it, in a red dump that literally sounded tidelike as it splashed against the floor.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • And it kept on coming, seemingly gallons of it, in a red dump that literally sounded tidelike as it splashed against the floor.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • The shluppish whisper, continuous as seawash round the globe, tidelike falls and rises with the circuit of dawn and dusk.

    The Worst Years of Your Life Mark Jude Poirier 2007

  • Outside, the wind ran high in the forest, breaking and sweeping tidelike over the reefs of treetops.

    The Children's Book of Christmas Stories Asa Don Dickinson 1918

  • Hakon Kornstad's saxophone makes a welcome return, yet never overpowers the undulating tidelike groove.

    AvaxHome Hkus 2010

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