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Question: Ocean movements
Solution: TIDES
TIDES Definition 1:
The regular upward and downward movement of the level of the ocean that is caused by the pull of the Sun and the Moon on the Earth
Examples:
A chart of the tides
Is the tide coming in or going out? = Is the tide rising or falling?
TIDES Definition 2:
The flow of the ocean’s water as the tide rises or falls .
Examples:
The boat got swept away in/by the tide.
TIDES Definition 3:
The way in which something is changing or developing .
Examples:
We tried to gauge the tide of public opinion. [=to find out how public opinion was changing]
The tide of history
The team was on a losing streak, but then
TIDES Definition 4:
Something that increases over time
Examples:
The government is dealing with a rising/swelling/growing tide of criticism over its foreign policy.
They are concerned about the rising tide of crime [=the increasing amount of crime] in the city.
We have to do something to
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