| NOUN | event | high tide, high water, highwater | the tide when the water is highest |
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| Meaning | The tide when the water is highest. | |
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| Synonyms | high water, highwater | |
| Narrower | direct tide | The occurrence of high tide on one side of the earth coinciding with high tide on the opposite side |
| neap tide, neap | A less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon | |
| springtide | A greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons | |
| Broader | tide | The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon |
| Opposite | low tide, low water | The lowest (farthest) ebb of the tide |
| Spanish | marea alta, pleamar | |
| Catalan | marea alta, plenamar | |
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