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SPRINGTIDE

\spɹˈɪŋta͡ɪd], \spɹˈɪŋta‍ɪd], \s_p_ɹ_ˈɪ_ŋ_t_aɪ_d]\

Definitions of SPRINGTIDE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The time of spring; springtime.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A specially high tide that occurs a few days after every new and every full moon, because the attraction of the moon and of the sun are then combined.
Some great flood of feeling, opinion, or influence.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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