high tide

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high tide

The children build a sandcastle near the high tide line.

Definition

Noun 1. The tide when the water is highest: The periodic rise of sea level to its maximum elevation, occurring approximately twice a day due to the gravitational pull of the moon and sun. 2. (Figurative) A peak or climax: The point of greatest intensity, abundance, or success in a situation.

Usage
  • Literal (Oceanography): Refers to the specific time or state when the tidal water reaches its highest level on the shore.
  • Figurative: Used to describe the peak or most active period of any cyclical or wave-like phenomenon.
Examples
  • Literal:
    • We planned our beach walk for low tide, avoiding the high tide.
    • The pier is completely submerged during high tide.
  • Figurative:
    • The company's profits reached their high tide in the late 1990s.
    • During the high tide of the festival, the streets were packed with people.
Advanced Usage
  • "The high tide of (something)": Used to specify the peak period of a particular trend, movement, or feeling.
    • The novel was written at the high tide of the Romantic movement.
Variants and Related Words
  • High water (noun): A synonym for high tide, often used in technical or formal contexts.
    • The flood defenses are designed to withstand high water.
  • Spring tide (noun): A tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water. (A specific type of especially high tide).
  • Neap tide (noun): A tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water. (The opposite of a spring tide).
Synonyms
  • Flood tide: The incoming tide, leading to high tide.
  • Peak: (Figurative) The highest point.
  • Culmination: (Figurative) The climax or point of greatest achievement.
Antonyms
  • Low tide (noun): The tide when the water is lowest.
  • Ebb tide (noun): The period when the tide is receding from high to low tide.
  • Nadir: (Figurative) The lowest point.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • To turn the tide: To reverse the trend or course of events.
    • The new evidence turned the tide in the court case.
  • The tide is high: A phrase indicating that a situation has reached a peak, often of difficulty or opportunity.
    • With public opinion against him, the political tide is high.
high tide

The children build a sandcastle near the high tide line.

Noun
  1. the tide when the water is highest

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