1. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
   "in the flood tide of his success"
   - climax 
2. The occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
   - flood, rising tide

Derived forms: flood tides

Type of: juncture, occasion, tide

Antonym: ebbtide

Encyclopedia: Flood tide

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