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high tide

a. the tide at its highest level
b. the time at which it reaches this
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high tide

[′hī ¦tīd]
(oceanography)
The maximum height reached by a rising tide. Also known as high water.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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At high tide the returning water assaulted the ledges of rock in short rushes, ending in bursts of livid light and columns of spray, that flew inland, stinging to death the grass of pastures.
They came in a troop, hustled along in the shadow by innumerable little hurried waves, swifter than the waves that rush over the sands at high tide, little night-waves foaming under the moon, under the fiery head that was like a moon.
When there are high tides, we are simply cut off from the mainland altogether unless we go across on a farm cart."
The Negri Sembilan Civil Defence Corps (APM) is in a state of preparedness to face a possible high tide phenomenon in Port Dickson.
This summer, Miami set daily high tide records for more than a week straight for the period bridging late July and early August.
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It No Longer Takes a Big Storm to Produce High Tide Flooding in Coastal Communities
Summary: Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 6 (ANI): A high tide of 4.74 meters is expected to hit Mumbai later today, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Saturday.
A man who was found dead on a beach may have fallen asleep and been swept out to sea by a high tide, aninquestheard.
An LNG-loaded ship arrived at the outer anchor on Thursday evening but it was unable to find the required high tide in daylight as pilots did not navigate in late evening and in the night.
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