Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the tide when the water is highest; high tide.
- noun Water at its highest level, as in a river during a flood.
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- noun the state of the
tide when thewater is at itshighest
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the tide when the water is highest
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Examples
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She remembers being teased about her "highwater" pants as a kid, but she just can't accept her son's argument that without $100 sneakers, he might be bullied for having uncool shoes.
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"Here's where we can play real Robinson Crusoe," Billy cried, as they crossed the hard sand from highwater mark to the edge of the water.
CHAPTER VII 2010
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"Come hell or highwater, I was coming today," she said.
Trees Tumble in Storm Jennifer Maloney 2011
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Also the streams in Idaho are all considered public to the highwater line, as far as I know.
Got Fishing Access? 2009
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Also the streams in Idaho are all considered public to the highwater line, as far as I know.
Got Fishing Access? 2009
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White Fang (1906) and Before Adam (1907) together constitute the highwater mark of London's blatant use of evolutionary concepts in two tawdry pieces of naturalistic fiction.
Le Milieu, Le Moment, La Race: Literary Naturalism in Jack London's White Fang 2010
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I find a good general rule of thumb in trying anything new with my kids – from discipline to setting up a tooth brushing habit to getting into a homework routine – it takes at least 2 weeks of come-hell-or-highwater slavish consistency * without any deviation at all*.
Boot Skootin’ Snot Boogerin’ Nobody’s Sleepin’ Boogie | Her Bad Mother 2009
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I agree that 2008 may have been the highwater mark of Pennsylvania's swing left, but that remains to be seen.
Rendell: I've Tried To Get Specter To Switch -- And So Has Joe Biden 2010
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Looking back today, I can see that this missive represented a highwater mark for north-east football.
How England's north-east feast at Italia 90 turned into famine 2010
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The way things look now the April royal wedding in the House of Windsor might well be the 2011 highwater mark for Britons and their economy.
Royal Wedding Can't Mask Grim Outlook for U.K. PLC Terence Roth 2010
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