Meanings
nounhigh tide (countable and uncountable, plural high tides)
plural high tides · alternative hightide · alternative high-tide
- countableuncountableThe 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
1969, Marlena Shaw, “California Soul”, in The Spice of Life - countablefigurativelyuncountableA climax, culminating point or phase.
- countableeuphemisticuncountableSynonym 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 6Synonyms: menstruation
- countableobsoleterareuncountableA great festival.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe natural tide at its highest level for a particular tidal cycle at a certain place.
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nounSynonym of menstruation.
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Translations
Bulgarian прили́в
- прили́в (prilív)the natural tide at its highest level
Catalan plenamar, marea alta
- plenamarthe natural tide at its highest level
- marea altathe natural tide at its highest level
Chinese Mandarin 高潮
- 高潮 (gāocháo)the natural tide at its highest level
Czech příliv, doba f přílivu
- přílivthe natural tide at its highest level
- doba f přílivuthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
Danish flod, højvande
- flodthe natural tide at its highest level
- højvandethe natural tide at its highest level
- flodthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- højvandethe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
Dutch hoog tij, hoog water
- hoog tijthe natural tide at its highest level
- hoog waterthe natural tide at its highest level
- hoogwaterthe natural tide at its highest level
- vloedthe natural tide at its highest level
- hoog tijthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- hoog waterthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- hoogwaterthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- climaxclimax, culminating point or phase
- hoogtijclimax, culminating point or phase
- hoogtepuntclimax, culminating point or phase
Esperanto alta tajdo
- alta tajdothe natural tide at its highest level
Estonian tõus
- tõusthe natural tide at its highest level
Finnish korkeavesi, vuoksi
- korkeavesithe natural tide at its highest level
- vuoksithe natural tide at its highest level
- korkeavesithe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- vuoksithe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
French marée haute, mer haute
- marée hautethe natural tide at its highest level
- mer hautethe natural tide at its highest level
- pleine merthe natural tide at its highest level
- mer hautethe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
German Flut, Hochwasser
- Flutthe natural tide at its highest level
- Hochwasserthe natural tide at its highest level
Greek πλημμυρίδα
- πλημμυρίδα (plimmyrída)the natural tide at its highest level
Hindi उच्च ज्वारभाटा
- उच्च ज्वारभाटा (ucc jvārbhāṭā)the natural tide at its highest level
Hungarian dagály, dagály
- dagálythe natural tide at its highest level
- dagálythe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
Icelandic flóð
- flóðthe natural tide at its highest level
Indonesian pasang naik
- pasang naikthe natural tide at its highest level
Irish lán mara, taoide lán
- lán marathe natural tide at its highest level
- taoide lánthe natural tide at its highest level
- barr taoidethe natural tide at its highest level
- ionradh ardthe natural tide at its highest level
Italian alta marea, acqua alta
- alta mareathe natural tide at its highest level
- acqua altathe natural tide at its highest level
Japanese 高潮, 満潮
- 高潮 (kōchō)the natural tide at its highest level
- 満潮 (manchō)the natural tide at its highest level
- 満ち潮 (michishio)the natural tide at its highest level
Korean 고조, 만조
- 고조 (gojo)the natural tide at its highest level
- 만조 (manjo)the natural tide at its highest level
Latvian paisums
- paisumsthe natural tide at its highest level
Māori tai pari
- tai parithe natural tide at its highest level
Norwegian Bokmål flo, høyvann
- flothe natural tide at its highest level
- høyvannthe natural tide at its highest level
- høgvannthe natural tide at its highest level
- høgvatnthe natural tide at its highest level
- høyvatnthe natural tide at its highest level
- flotidthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- høyvannthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- høgvannthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- høgvatnthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- høyvatnthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
Norwegian Nynorsk flodtid, høgvatn
- flodtidthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- høgvatnthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
Persian مهکشند
- مهکشند (mehkešand)the natural tide at its highest level
Polish przypływ, przypływ
- przypływthe natural tide at its highest level
- przypływthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- przypływclimax, culminating point or phase
Portuguese maré alta
- maré altathe natural tide at its highest level
Romanian maree înaltă
- maree înaltăthe natural tide at its highest level
Russian прили́в, полово́дье
- прили́в (prilív)the natural tide at its highest level
- полово́дье (polovódʹje)the natural tide at its highest level
- наивы́сший у́ровень прили́ва (naivýsšij úrovenʹ prilíva)the natural tide at its highest level
- прили́в (prilív)the time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- полово́дье (polovódʹje)the time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- наивы́сший у́ровень прили́ва (naivýsšij úrovenʹ prilíva)the time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- кульминация (kulʹminacija)climax, culminating point or phase
Scottish Gaelic muir-làn, làn-mara
- muir-lànthe natural tide at its highest level
- làn-marathe natural tide at its highest level
- muir-lànthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
Slovak príliv
- prílivthe natural tide at its highest level
Spanish marea alta, pleamar
- marea altathe natural tide at its highest level
- pleamarthe natural tide at its highest level
- plenamarthe natural tide at its highest level
- pleamarthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- marea altathe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
- plenamarthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
Swedish högvatten, flod
- högvattenthe natural tide at its highest level
- flodthe natural tide at its highest level
- flodthe time of day when the sea has risen to its highest level
Tagalog taog, taib
- taogthe natural tide at its highest level
- taibthe natural tide at its highest level
- taebthe natural tide at its highest level
- laki ng tubigthe natural tide at its highest level
Ukrainian прили́в
- прили́в (prylýv)the natural tide at its highest level
Welsh penllanw
- penllanwthe natural tide at its highest level
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