estoa

Phonetic: "/slæk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

Example: take in the slack

Definition: A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.

Phonetic: "/slæk/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.

Example: a slack rope

Definition: Weak; not holding fast.

Example: a slack hand

Definition: Lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.

Example: slack in duty or service

Definition: Not active,successful, or violent.

Example: Business is slack.

Definition: Excess; surplus to requirements.

Example: the slack capacity of an oil pipeline

Definition: Vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.

Phonetic: "/slæk/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Slackly.

Example: slack dried hops

Phonetic: "/taɪd/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.

Definition: A stream, current or flood.

Definition: (chronology, except in liturgy) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.

Definition: A time.

Example: The doctor's no good this tide.

Definition: A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier (found in compounds).

Example: Eventide, noontide, morrowtide, nighttide, moon-tide, harvest-tide, wintertide, summertide, springtide, autumn-tide etc.,.

Definition: The period of twelve hours.

Definition: Something which changes like the tides of the sea.

Definition: Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.

Definition: Violent confluence

Phonetic: "/taɪd/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To cause to float with the tide; to drive or carry with the tide or stream.

Definition: To pour a tide or flood.

Example: The ocean tided most impressively.

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