low tide
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noun
1.
the tide at the point of maximum ebb.
2.
the time of low water.
3.
the lowest point of decline of anything: His spirits were at low tide.
Origin:
1860–65
1860–65
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| low tide | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the tide when it is at its lowest level or the time at which it reaches this |
| 2. | a lowest point |
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Example sentences
Here marine plants and animals are submerged during high tide and exposed to the sun and wind on the rocky reef during low tide.
These are of obvious influence if you're a geoduck, a type of clam that people dig up at low tide.
It was ultimate candor, it was the body's lingo, it was low tide in his inner ear.
Tide tables should be consulted to time the return hike to low tide as well.
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