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low tide
noun
- the tide at the point of maximum ebb.
- the time of low water.
- the lowest point of decline of anything:
His spirits were at low tide.
low tide
noun
- the tide when it is at its lowest level or the time at which it reaches this
- a lowest point
low tide
- The tide at its lowest level at a particular time and place. The lowest tides reached under normal meteorological conditions (the spring tides ) take place when the Moon and Sun are directly aligned with respect to Earth. Low tides are less extreme when the Moon and Sun are at right angles (the neap tides ). Storms and other meteorological conditions can greatly affect the height of the tides as well.
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- The time at which a low tide occurs.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of low tide1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
Her first book, the novel Low Tide, was published in 1985, when Eberstadt was 25.
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They climbed another dune, and came upon the great gray sea at low tide.
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On the bottom of the bay, near low tide, we begin to find some sand produced by the grinding action.
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The smell of wild thyme mingling with the salt of the low-tide seaweed conveyed stimulating fragrance.
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They had dug some clams at the low tide in the forenoon and put them away, covered with wet seaweed.
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"I would a great deal rather go across in a mail steamer at low tide than in any other way," said Rollo.
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