high water
noun
1.
water at its greatest elevation, as in a river.
2.
high tide
.
Origin
1545-55
Examples from the web for
high water
Using desert plants in the rest of the landscape helps compensate for the lawn's
high water
usage.
The intervening land is cut up by bayous filled from the river in
high water
-many of them navigable for steamers.
They seem to mark a
high water
mark in typography and offset printing.
Good salt, apparently, has a relatively
high water
content.
And include water that is spilled during
high water
conditions.
The human body isn't especially flammable, she reasons, and has
high water
content.
According to the scientists, its presence is a good sign: one of
high water
quality.
At
high water
the river spread and rose even higher.
In the early days, below-ground burial was not possible because of the
high water
table.
Almost the entire business district and a large residential area are affected by
high water
.
British Dictionary definitions for
high water
high water
noun
1.
another name for
high tide
(sense 1)
2.
the state of any stretch of water at its highest level, as during a flood
HW
Slang definitions & phrases for
high water
high water
Related Terms
come hell or high water