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high-tide

high-tide is the alternative form of high tide.

Meaning of high tide

Noun

high tide (countable and uncountable, plural high tides)

  1. The natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
    Antonyms:
    low tide
  2. The time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level.
    • They say the sun comes up every morning / And if you listen oh so carefully / The winds that ride on the high tide / Whistles a melody1969, Marlena Shaw, “California Soul”, in The Spice of Life
  3. (figuratively) A climax, culminating point or phase.
  4. (euphemistic) Synonym of menstruation.
    • Do you not like Aunt Irma? I've got an aunt like that.
      It's my term for... my time of the month.
      What time of the month? The weekend?
      No... you know, it... it's high tide.
      But we're not on the coast.2006 Mar. 3, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 6
    Synonyms:
    menstruation
  5. (obsolete, rare) A great festival.

Forms of high-tide

pluralhigh-tides

Questions about high-tide

What is high-tide the alternative form of?
High-tide is the alternative form of high tide.

Words near high-tide in the dictionary

  1. high-tension
  2. high-test
  3. high-test peroxide
  4. high-test peroxides
  5. high-ticket
  6. high-tide
  7. high-tides
  8. high-time
  9. high-toned
  10. high-top
  11. high-top fade

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