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What is a spring tide?

What is a spring tide? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The tide which occurs when the moon is new or full; the effects of the Sun and moon being reinforced so that this tide is of maximum range.
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Runswick Bay is one of Britain's best beachcombing spots, especially during a spring tide.
Pollack feed longer during smaller neap tides than they do through a big spring tide.
The last spring tide had brought lots of pieces of fishing nets and plastics.
For Hurricane Bill, waves were weaker than Juan hitting the shore, it did not occur near a perigean spring tide and the surge was less.
The current soon builds to a maximum 6-8 knots on a spring tide.
In 2006 and 2007, spring tide sampling occurred during ebb-to-flood tide periods, when flooding water entered the estuary as a salt wedge.

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