high tide
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1.8
- noun
- /haɪ taɪd/
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- During high tide, the water comes so close to the cliffs that it's hard to walk along the shore.
- high-tide mark
- high-tide line
- water at high tide
So like when low tide is on one hemisphere, it's high tide on the other.
- So like when low tide is on one hemisphere, it's high tide on the other.
- So before the scientific revolution, if you wanted to know what caused especially high tide, a myth might tell you that it was giant turtles in the sea.
- And then the tidal effects which are happening more and more the the high tides or king tides, they're sometimes called.
Examples
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That is, at high tide, they will be out in the deeper water catching food.
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But when a rainstorm causes flooding during high tide, to prevent saltwater intrusion, the floodgates must stay closed.
Academic text (2016) -
So the second high tide has nothing to do with the sun.
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I think high tide carried us over.
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We had to wait for high tide before we could get off again.
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Is this high tide or low tide?
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Are you making your measurements during high tide or low tide?
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The high tide tomorrow will be at 11:05 a.m.
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The intertidal is this place between where high tide and low tide exist.
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Halfway there, the children found a treasure trove of shells, washed ashore by the high tide.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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3.4
The time when the tide reaches its highest level
The time when the sea or river reaches its highest level
Antonyms
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'high' describes the level of the 'tide', so the meaning 'tide at its highest level' is transparently derived from the parts. This adjective+noun pattern is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the expression.
Etymology
High tide comes from watching the sea rise until the water is at its highest point. The word high shows the height and tide means the moving sea, so today high tide means the time when the water reaches its 'highest' level.