Definition: The word "tide" is a term from the underwater world where everything moves together in a big wave. It's like when you're watching a movie and the characters are all moving in sync with each other.

Let me give you an example: Imagine you have a lot of friends and they want to go on a boat ride but one of them doesn't want to go, so everyone else gets left behind. When the other people start asking "What's going on?" or "Why are we all stuck together?" and no one can answer, it feels like "tide," as if the rest of you have decided to stand up for themselves. But when one person goes, they feel like their part has been taken care of. So in that case, "tide" is a way to express how people don't really want to cooperate or listen to each other and are instead deciding who should be left behind or alone. It's kind of unsettling because it suggests everyone is doing the same thing but not contributing at all!