Definition of 'spring tide'
Word forms: plural spring tides
countable noun
A spring tide is an unusually high tide that happens at the time of a new moon or a full moon.
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spring tide in British English
noun
1.
either of the two tides that occur at or just after new moon and full moon when the tide-generating force of the sun acts in the same direction as that of the moon, reinforcing it and causing the greatest rise and fall in tidal level. The highest spring tides ( equinoctial springs) occur at the equinoxes
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spring tide in American English
1.
a type of tide that occurs at the time of a new moon or full moon: at these times
the high tides are higher and the low tides are lower than the corresponding tides during neap tide because of the gravitational effects of the straight-line alignment of the moon, earth, and sun
2.
any great flow, rush, or flood
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spring tide in American English
noun
1.
the large rise and fall of the tide at or soon after the new or the full moon
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