flood tide

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The period between low tide and the next high tide of the sea as the water flows toward the shore.

   “Going forward and glancing over the weather bow, I perceived that the ship swinging to her anchor with the flood-tide, was now obliquely pointing towards the open ocean.”

2. isim The highest point of something; a climax.

   “After the introduction of the Highland Railway class, the progress of the 4-6-0 was tardy for some years.Then, when designers were increasingly turning to it as the answer to their growing motive power problems, production of 4-6-0s swelled into a flood tide.”