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flood tide

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: flood tide

1
 n
the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
2
 n
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: flood tide
1

n the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)

Synonyms:
flood, rising tide
Antonyms:
ebbtide
the tide while water is flowing out
Type of:
tide
the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
2

n the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

“in the flood tide of his success”
Synonyms:
climax
Type of:
juncture, occasion
an event that occurs at a critical time
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