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

high tide [′hī ¦tīd]
(oceanography)
The maximum height reached by a rising tide. Also known as high water.


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Anyone can observe that there are two high tides every day--not just one.
Thus, the mosquito breeding sites may be flushed out by very high tides.
Although UTMB is a mile inland in Galveston, the installation was complicated by sandy soil and high tides, which caused the trench that was being dug for the bollards to fill up with saltwater every day.
 
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