We found 4 definitions of flood tide from 2 different sources.
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flood tide - the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare | ||
flood, rising tide | ||
tide the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon | ||
flood tide - the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success" | ||
climax | ||
juncture, occasion an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" |