SPRINGTIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does springtide mean? 

• SPRINGTIDE (noun)
  The noun SPRINGTIDE has 2 senses:

1. a swelling rush of anything

2. a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons

  Familiarity information: SPRINGTIDE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPRINGTIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A swelling rush of anything

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

he rose on the springtide of prosperity

Hypernyms ("springtide" is a kind of...):

flush; gush; outpouring (a sudden rapid flow (as of water))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("springtide" is a kind of...):

high tide; high water; highwater (the tide when the water is highest)

Antonym:

neap tide (a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon)