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high tide

high tide noun: the natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.

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.

high tide meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

high tide in Hindi

the natural tide at its highest level
उच्च ज्वारभाटा ucc jvārbhāṭā

high tide in Tamil

உயர் எழு அலை, கடல் ஏற்றம், கடல் பெருக்கம், பெருக்கு, உயரலை, உயர்மட்ட அலை

high tide in Kannada

ಉಬ್ಬರ, ಪೂರ್ಣ ಉಬ್ಬರ, ಪೂರ್ಣ ಉಬ್ಬರದ ಕಾಲ, ಪೂರ್ಣಾವಸ್ಥೆ, ಪೂರ್ಣಸ್ಥಿತಿ, ಪರಾಕಾಷ್ಠೆ

high tide in Tagalog

the natural tide at its highest level
taog, taib, taeb, laki ng tubig
More languagesFewer languages
high tide in Indonesian
pasang naik
high tide in Persian
مهکشند mehkešand

Synonyms of high tide

Antonyms

Forms of high tide

pluralhigh tides
alternative formhightide
alternative formhigh-tide

Words formed from high tide

Questions about high tide

What does high tide mean?
High tide means the natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
What is high tide in Hindi?
High tide in Hindi is उच्च ज्वारभाटा (ucc jvārbhāṭā). See High tide meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is high tide?
High tide is a noun.
What is the plural of high tide?
The plural of high tide is high tides.

Words near high tide in the dictionary

  1. high ten
  2. high tenned
  3. high tenning
  4. high tens
  5. high tension
  6. high tide
  7. high tider
  8. high tiders
  9. high tides
  10. high time
  11. high times

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Adapted from Wiktionary: high tide (page history and authors); high tide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); high tide (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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