springtide — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The springtime.

   Usage

   • Literary
   • Poetic

   Examples

   More examples (4)

   The hawthorn is bursting in blossom, / The flowerets flush under our feet, / All round us life's pulses are throbbing;— / Sing, birdies, the Springtide to greet!

   'T is warbled by the bird / Whose springtide voice is heard; / 'T is told throughout the vale / By fragrance we inhale; / While every verdant lawn / Reveals it to the dawn.

   Fair now is the springtide, now earth lies beholding / With the eyes of a lover, the face of the sun; / Long lasteth the daylight, and hope is enfolding / The green-growing acres with increase begun.

   Have ye no springtide, and no burst of May / In flowers and leafy trees, when solemn night / Pants with love-music, and the holy day / Breaks on the ear with songs of heavenly light?

Noun

1. a swelling rush of anything

   Broader terms

   flushgushoutpouring

   Examples

   he rose on the springtide of prosperity

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

   Antonyms

   neap tide

   Broader terms

   high tidehigh waterhighwater