"flood tide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flood tides [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flood tide (plural flood tides)
  1. The period between low tide and the next high tide in which the sea is rising. Categories (topical): Tides, Water Translations (period when sea is rising): πλημμύρα (plēmmúra) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), πλήμη (plḗmē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), জোৱাৰ (züar) (Assamese), জোয়ার (jōẇar) (Bengali), flux [masculine] (Catalan), marea entrant [feminine] (Catalan), vloed [neuter] (Dutch), nousuvesi (Finnish), vuoksi (Finnish), flux [masculine] (French), marée montante [feminine] (French), ज्वार (jvār) (Hindi), tai pari (Maori), tai mapu (Maori), przypływ [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-flood_tide-en-noun-kc~M~gLm Disambiguation of Tides: 96 4 Disambiguation of Water: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'period when sea is rising': 93 7
  2. (by extension) The highest point of something; a climax. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-flood_tide-en-noun-2QEf66hh

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      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "period when sea is rising",
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      "sense": "period when sea is rising",
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      "sense": "period when sea is rising",
      "word": "tai pari"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "period when sea is rising",
      "word": "tai mapu"
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