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# tidal

«tidal» in Mova's school dictionary: **Tidal describes something to do with the tides, the daily…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (tidal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tidal describes something to do with the tides, the daily rise and fall of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/#m1)

2) A tidal river or pool is one where the water level goes up and down with the tide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science, tides are caused mainly by the Moon's pull; tidal pools hold sea creatures at low tide; tidal energy makes electricity. A tidal wave is an old name for a giant wave, now usually called a tsunami. In safety lessons, beware tidal currents and check tide times before walking on sand flats.

### examples

- Crabs hide in the tidal pools on the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/#x1)
- The Thames is tidal in London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/#x2)
- Tidal power stations use the movement of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/#x3)
- The tidal causeway is only open at low tide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/#x4)
- A tidal surge flooded the coast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/#x5)
- We explored the tidal mudflats with a guide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/#x6)
- The kanjiu is also called the Jewel of the Ebbing Tide, and this gem controls the sea and the waves thereof, and will cause even a tidal wave to recede.” [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/#x7)

### note

Adjective only; no plural. Trap: a tidal wave is not really caused by tides; scientists say tsunami for waves made by earthquakes. Tidal comes from tide (noun) + -al.

### In the corpora

- [Tsunamis are sometimes called tidal waves, but they have nothing to do with tides.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/45-tsunamis/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «tidal» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tidal/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.