high-water
1 of 2adjective
high-wa·ter ˈhī-ˌwȯ-tər 
-ˌwä-
: unusually short
high-water pants
high water
2 of 2noun
: a high stage of the water in a river or lake
also : high tide sense 1
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Tripti Lahiri, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 An employee at a small market on Cleveland at Surfrider said his car and others parked on the street have been damaged by high water during winter storms. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 One had been swept downstream several hundred yards and was taken to a hospital; others were found stranded by high water. Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2022 Several hikers were also found on high ground, isolated by high water up Riverside Walk. Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2022 Along Kenilworth Avenue at Riverdale Road, a number of lanes were blocked by high water. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022 Friday thunderstorms brought heavy rains to eastern Kentucky, the region already ravaged by high water last week. Editors, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2022 Across the south, families waded through high water in search of dry land. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 One year ago, Masooma Said waded through chest-high water in a stream next to the Kabul airport to beg a soldier to save her, her mother and her sister. San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022 See More
Noun
Videos shared on social media showed upscale villas surrounded by high water. Tripti Lahiri, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 An employee at a small market on Cleveland at Surfrider said his car and others parked on the street have been damaged by high water during winter storms. Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022 One had been swept downstream several hundred yards and was taken to a hospital; others were found stranded by high water. Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 23 Aug. 2022 Several hikers were also found on high ground, isolated by high water up Riverside Walk. Haleigh Kochanski, The Arizona Republic, 20 Aug. 2022 Along Kenilworth Avenue at Riverdale Road, a number of lanes were blocked by high water. Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022 Friday thunderstorms brought heavy rains to eastern Kentucky, the region already ravaged by high water last week. Editors, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2022 Across the south, families waded through high water in search of dry land. Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 One year ago, Masooma Said waded through chest-high water in a stream next to the Kabul airport to beg a soldier to save her, her mother and her sister. San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
Adjective
1856, in the meaning defined above
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined above
- detractively
- detractor
- detractors
- detractory
- detractresses
- detracts
- detracts from
- detrain
- detrained
- detraining
- detrainment
- detrainments
- detrains
- detransitivized
- detransitivizeed
- detransitivizeing
- detransitivizes
- detransitivizing
- detraquees
- detraques
- detrash
- detrect
- detribalisatia
- detribalisation
- detribalisations