| NOUN | event | tidal current, tidal flow | the water current caused by the tides |
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| Meaning | The water current caused by the tides. | |
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| Synonym | tidal flow | |
| Part of | tide | The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon |
| Narrower | tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager | A high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) |
| Broader | current, stream | A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) |
| Spanish | marea | |
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