high tide

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high tide

noun high tides · hightide · high-tide

  1. countable, uncountable The natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.

    Similar: flood tide, full sea, full tide · Opposite: low tide

  2. countable, uncountable 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 melody
  3. countable, figuratively, uncountable A climax, culminating point or phase.
  4. countable, euphemistic, uncountable 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.

    Similar: menstruation

  5. countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable A great festival.

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noun the natural tide at its highest level

Españolmarea alta, pleamar, plenamar
한국어고조 gojo, 만조 manjo
日本語高潮 kōchō, 満潮 manchō, 満ち潮 michishio
中文高潮 gāocháo
हिन्दीउच्च ज्वारभाटा ucc jvārbhāṭā
Portuguêsmaré alta
Françaismarée haute, mer haute, pleine mer
DeutschFlut, Hochwasser
Italianoalta marea, acqua alta
Ελληνικάπλημμυρίδα plimmyrída
Românămaree înaltă
Русскийприли́в prilív, полово́дье polovódʹje, наивы́сший у́ровень прили́ва naivýsšij úrovenʹ prilíva

noun the time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level

Españolpleamar, marea alta, plenamar
Françaismer haute
Русскийприли́в prilív, полово́дье polovódʹje, наивы́сший у́ровень прили́ва naivýsšij úrovenʹ prilíva

noun climax, culminating point or phase

Русскийкульминация kulʹminacija

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@misc{high_tide_2026,
  title = {high tide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/high%20tide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}