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springtide

Pronunciation:  'spring`tId

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons
  2. [n]  a swelling rush of anything; "he rose on the springtide of prosperity"
 
 Antonyms: neap, neap tide
 
 See Also: flush, gush, high tide, high water, highwater, outpouring

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spring"tide\, n.
The time of spring; springtime. --Thomson.

 

 

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