full flood
noun [mass noun]
The tide at its highest: the tide must already be at full flood on the other side...
- I imagine that, if you could fight the current and stay in one place, the anemones must deliver an awesome sight at the tide's full flood.
- Tides that begin their inward flood during daylight can often fish poorly compared to those with the full flood tide through darkness.
- Again, the river may not reach full flood until late May.
Phrases
be in full flood
- the lull before the storm
- the lull (or calm) before the storm
- them
- the Mafia
- the Magdalen
- the Magdalene
- the mailed fist
- the mails
- the Malverns
- the Man
- the Man in (also with) the Iron Mask
- the man in black
- the man in (or on) the street
- the man in the moon
- the man in white
- the man on the Clapham omnibus
- the Mansion House
- the Maquis
- the Marches
- the Marianas
- the Maritimes
- the Marshalls
- the Marshalsea
- the Mascarenes
- thematic