flood tide meaning and definition

FLOOD TIDE noun

Definition of flood tide (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: climax
2. 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
   • synonyms: flood, rising tide
   • antonym: ebbtide