high water
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3.4
- noun
- /haɪ ˈwɔːtər/
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pleamar
- Low water exposes sandbars, and high water can flood the river, making it dangerous.
- high water mark
- high water period
- mean high water
Examples
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The flood caused high water to reach the evacuation line in the nearby neighborhoods.
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The tide's going out now, but it'll be high water again before dark.
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Yet though there was high water, there had been no rain.
Fiction book (1990) -
During the high-water period, property owners did not push the state to compensate them for loss.
Academic text (1991) -
The tide's coming in, and high water reaches this cave sometimes.
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The freighter docks at high water.
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The tiny city on the Adriatic faces threats not only from tourists but also from high water, pollution, and an aging population.
Academic text (2009) -
There's nothing Travis likes better than to spend the weekend camping on one of the hilltop islands created by high water deep in the Bottom land.
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It lingered through six high tides and inundated the islands with punishing winds and extreme high waters.
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The headlights beamed out into the willows along Tomichi Creek, and the high water shone like muted diamonds in the moonlight.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the state of the tide when the water reaches its highest level' is directly and compositionally derived from 'high' (at a great vertical level) + 'water' (the sea/river), so a learner who knows both words can infer the phrase. This noun phrase is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common description of raised water level and follows normal compounding patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The noun high water comes from the sea, where the water rises very high and reaches its highest level, sometimes covering low land. So, 'high water' means 'the time when the tide is highest'.