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Definition of "flood tide" [flood tide]

  • The incoming or rising tide; the period between low water and the succeeding high water. (noun)
  • A climax or high point: a flood tide of fears. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "flood tide" in a sentence
  • "Before the flood tide of evil came upon this young and happy household, however, another sad event swept over the Vanross family and left its weight of woe upon the weakening faith and hope of Hortense."
  • "But he had a flood tide of advertising—and until the very end, we overflew Ohio as we shuttled from California to New Jersey, with brief pit stops in other states."
  • "In the evening we came to, at the south end of St. Simons, having been hindred by the flood tide making against us."