high tide

American  

noun

1. the tide at its highest level of elevation.

2. the time of high water.

3. a culminating point.

   the high tide of the revolution.

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high tide British  

noun

1. 1. the tide at its highest level

   2. the time at which it reaches this

2. a culminating point

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high tide Scientific  

1. The tide when it is at its highest level at a particular time and place. The highest tides reached under normal meteorological conditions (the spring tides) take place when the Moon and Sun are directly aligned with respect to Earth. High tides are less extreme (the neap tides) when the Moon and Sun are at right angles. Storms and other meteorological conditions can greatly affect the height of the tides as well.

2. See more at tide

3. The time at which a high tide occurs.

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Etymology

Origin of high tide

before 1000; Middle English; Old English

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Example Sentences

Mersea is connected to mainland Essex by one road, which floods when there is a particularly high tide.

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Other efforts to get the whale moving – using high tide, rotating it or creating large waves with boats – have so far failed, according to NDR.

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They had lain undiscovered beneath sand dunes but were exposed when they were scoured away by strong winds and high tides.

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It said the vehicle had already been there during high tide and that, alongside a farmer, Amazon arranged to remove the vehicle on Sunday.

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The show's fictional community lives on the end of a tidal causeway, with high tides cutting them off from the rest of the world.

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Related Words

• high water