TIDE

n. ebb and flow, current; anything that fluctuates like the tides of the sea; turning, tendency

v. drift on the tide; be enough, be sufficient

Tides are the cyclic rising and falling of Earth's ocean surface caused by the tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun acting on the oceans. More generally, tidal phenomena can occur in any object that is subjected to a gravitational field that varies in time and space, such as the Earth's land masses or the Moon. (see Other tides).
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According to John Scott Redd, Director, National Counterterrorism Center, the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, or TIDE, is the U.S. Government's central database on known or suspected international terrorists, and contains all source highly classified information provided by members of the Intelligence Community such as CIA, DIA, FBI, NSA, as well as many others. There are more than 300,000 records in TIDE, which represents over 200,000 unique identities when aliases and transliteration issues are taken into account. From the classified TIDE database, an unclassified extract is provided to the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center, which in turn is used to compile various watch lists such as the TSA's No-fly list, State Department's Consular Lookout and Support System, Homeland Security's Interagency Border Inspection System, and FBI's NCIC (National Crime Information Center) for state and local law enforcement. Redd represented this as a major step forward from the pre-September 11, 2001 status of multiple, disconnected, and incomplete watchlists throughout the government.
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Noun
1. the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
(hypernym) periodic event, recurrent event
(hyponym) high tide, high water, highwater
(part-meronym) tidal flow, tidal current
2. something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea); "a rising tide of popular interest"
(hypernym) variation, fluctuation
(derivation) surge
3. there are usually two high and two low tides each day
(synonym) lunar time period
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
Verb
1. rise or move foward; "surging waves"
(synonym) surge
(antonym) ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off
(hypernym) run, flow, feed, course
2. cause to float with the tide
(hypernym) float
(see-also) tide over, bridge over, keep going
3. be carried with the tide
(hypernym) float, drift, be adrift, blow

n. tide, ebb and flow, current

(v. t.)
To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.
  

(prep.)
Violent confluence.
  

(prep.)
Time; period; season.
  

(prep.)
The period of twelve hours.
  

(prep.)
The alternate rising and falling of the waters of the ocean, and of bays, rivers, etc., connected therewith. The tide ebbs and flows twice in each lunar day, or the space of a little more than twenty-four hours. It is occasioned by the attraction of the sun and moon (the influence of the latter being three times that of the former), acting unequally on the waters in different parts of the earth, thus disturbing their equilibrium. A high tide upon one side of the earth is accompanied by a high tide upon the opposite side. Hence, when the sun and moon are in conjunction or opposition, as at new moon and full moon, their action is such as to produce a greater than the usual tide, called the spring tide, as represented in the cut. When the moon is in the first or third quarter, the sun's attraction in part counteracts the effect of the moon's attraction, thus producing under the moon a smaller tide than usual, called the neap tide.
  

(prep.)
Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
  

(prep.)
A stream; current; flood; as, a tide of blood.
  

(n.)
To work into or out of a river or harbor by drifting with the tide and anchoring when it becomes adverse.
  

(n.)
To pour a tide or flood.
  

(n.)
To betide; to happen.