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First Known Use of springtide
1548
spring tide
Definition of spring tide
: a tide of greater-than-average range around the times of new moon and full moon
Recent Examples of spring tide from the Web
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An immense spring tide of red — Capitals jerseys, towels and signs — began to build before dawn, swamping a dozen blocks of Constitution Avenue NW in downtown Washington.
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Some of the city’s biggest flood events have happened at noon and midnight, when bimonthly spring tides happen to occur.
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The mass stranding was the unfortunate coincidence of high wind speeds combined with low spring tides and extreme cold temperatures, Coleen Suckling, a marine biologist at Bangor University in Wales, writes for The Conversation.
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The barge holds four weeks’ worth of seawater; every two weeks—during spring tides, which occur at the new and full moons—the Osbornes top up.
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The spring tides come in over the seagrass and, when the water retreats, leave salt to crystallize.
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In general, tidal bores are at their strongest during spring tides, slightly more extreme tides that occur during full and new moons.
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First Known Use of spring tide
circa 1548
SPRINGTIDE Defined for English Language Learners
spring tide
Definition of spring tide for English Language Learners
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: a tide in which the sea rises and falls more than usual
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