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Riptide

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ripverb(transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
crosscurrentnoun(by extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.
tide ripnounA body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents.
rip currentnounA strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.

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tide ripnounA body of water made rough by the conflict of opposing tides or currents.
rip currentnounA strong flow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
crosscurrentnoun(by extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.
ripnounA tear (in paper, etc.).
rip tidenoun(UK) Alternative spelling of riptide. [A particularly strong tidal current.]
roustnounA strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
rithenounAlternative form of rith (“small stream”). [(obsolete) A small stream or channel.]
rifflenounA swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
rivanounA rift or cleft.
ridgenounAny extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
rivagenoun(now rare, poetic) A coast, a shore.
rippletnounA small ripple.
ripplingnounA motion or sound that ripples.
rostnounObsolete form of roast. [A piece of meat suited to roasting; meat that has been roasted.]
ridge pushnoun(geodynamics, tectonics) A proposed driving force for plate motion in plate tectonics that occurs at mid-ocean ridges as the result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down the hot, raised asthenosphere below mid-ocean ridges.
gregalenounA strong Mediterranean wind blowing from the north-east.
rhytidenounA wrinkle, typically a facial wrinkle secondary to muscular contraction patterns in the skin.
rithnoun(obsolete) A small stream or channel.
ribbienoun(baseball, slang) Synonym of run batted in.
ripplernounThe instrument used for this purpose; ripple.

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