flood tide

/ˌflʌd ˌˈtaɪd/

Other forms: flood tides

Definitions of flood tide

1. noun

   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. noun

   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