high tide

noun

1
: the tide when the water is at its greatest elevation
2
: culminating point : climax
the hide tide of the war effort

Examples of high tide in a Sentence

At high tide the water covers the rocks completely.
Recent Examples on the Web These are inundation maps, showing areas exposed to high tide, taking subsidence into account. Matt Simon, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024 Record high tide in Portland, Maine Coastal flooding hit parts of the New Hampshire and Maine region for the second time in four days, flooding homes and causing evacuations. USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024 The whale is hauled up on the beach during high tide and many families gather to cut the skin, blubber and the meat at low tide. Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 While the term King Tide isn’t a scientific term, it is used to describe very high tides, caused when there is alignment of the gravitational pull between sun, moon and Earth. Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 Conditions have been rough along the Atlantic Coast with a couple of big storms causing high tides and windy conditions from Maine southward in January and February. USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024 Local officials say a combination of factors caused the trees to fall: several years of beach erosion, combined with powerful high tides and oversaturated soils from the back-to-back atmospheric rivers that brought heavy rains and high winds across the state. Liz Kreutz, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024 Moderate coastal flooding could also occur during high tide Tuesday along the Jersey Shore and parts of the New York and New England coasts, the weather service forecasted. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024 In future decades, rising sea levels due to climate change are expected to result in average high tides that may be as high as king tides of today. Paul Duginski, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of high tide was in 1546

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“High tide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20tide. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

high tide

noun
: the tide when the water is at its greatest height
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