Lexic.us

Definition of Springtide

1. Noun. A swelling rush of anything. "He rose on the springtide of prosperity"

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

Definition of Springtide

1. n. The time of spring; springtime.

Definition of Springtide

1. Noun. A high tide coinciding with a full moon or a new moon. ¹

2. Noun. By extension, any characteristic that has reached a high level. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Springtide

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Springtide

springing cow springing executory interest springing executory interests springingly springings springle springles springless springlet springlets

springlike springloaded springs springtail springtails springtide (current term) springtides springtime springtimes springwater

springwaters springwood springwoods springy sprinkle sprinkled sprinkler sprinkler system sprinklered sprinklering

Literary usage of Springtide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Book of Easter by William Croswell Doane (1910)
"In springtide T ""HIS is the hour, the day, The time, the season sweet. Quick! listen, laggard feet, ..."

2. Such Nonsense!: An Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1918)
"SONG OF THE springtide 0 Season supposed of all free flowers, Made lovely by ... Happy he, 0 springtide, who hath found thee, All sunlit, in luckier lands ..."

3. Such Nonsense!: An Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1918)
"SONG OF THE springtide 0 Season supposed of all free flowers, Made lovely by ... Happy he, O springtide, who hath found thee, All sunlit, in luckier lands ..."

4. Sonnets and Songs by Arthur Upson (1911)
"springtide OF THE SOUL (FOR RB) ' I XHE flesh to fragrant whitening of the bough, •*- Full-flooding fields, and softening sod, doth yearn; The spirit will ..."

Other Resources: