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flood tide

English

  1. 🔊 the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
    “a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune”
  2. 🔊 the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
    “the climax of the artist's career”

Similar words

flood rising tide climax amplitude congestion direct tide ebb ebb and flow ebb tide flood flow flux flux and reflux full full tide fullness high tide high water impletion low tide low water lunar tide neap neap tide