flood tidenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈflʌd ˌtaɪd/us/ˈflʌd ˌtaɪd/the regular movement of the sea in towards the coast
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ebb tide
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Floods, tides & currents
- backwash
- change
- come
- current
- ebb
- eddy
- flooded
- floodgate
- flooding
- floodplain
- high water mark
- inundate
- low-water mark
- neap tide
- overfall
- undertow
- water
- waterlogged
- watermark
- whirlpool
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Examples from literature
- After nightfall a strong flood tide would be setting up along shore to the Spanish anchorage.
- And the next morning the cutter was, with the assistance of the flood tide, making quick progress to the southward.
- It was a boisterous day, half a gale of wind against the flood tide.
- So the hours of flood tide passed, and then the ship began to swing idly as the slack came.
- When the flood tide rippled about the wreck it was obvious the pump was getting the water down.