Antonyms for low water


Grammar : Noun


Definition of low water

  • As in low tide : noun tide when water is lowest
  • As in ebb : noun regression; decline
Example sentences :
  • Why, he'd shut up tighter'n a clam at low water and he'd give you fits besides.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The river is not fordable except in low water, and then in but few places.
  • Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
  • At low water the sea sinks proportionally at Panama below the level of the Atlantic: the reason for this difference is obvious.
  • Extract from : « A General Plan for a Mail Communication by Steam, Between Great Britain and the Eastern and Western Parts of the World » by James M'Queen, Esq.
  • October and May are sometimes months of high and sometimes of low water.
  • Extract from : « Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker » by James Henry Rochelle
  • Owing to low water in the lake, laden boats could not come closer in.
  • Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
  • As it was low water when we entered, it stuck up out of the water.
  • Extract from : « Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 » by Jasper Danckaerts
  • That's the proper thing for a man in your position to do when he's in low water.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
  • Fortunately it was low water at the time, and the weather was calm.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Rock » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Not even a dinghy will cross it for an hour each side of low water.'
  • Extract from : « The Riddle of the Sands » by Erskine Childers
  • At low water we three, with seven others, stood ready to launch her.
  • Extract from : « Tales of the Sea » by W.H.G. Kingston

Synonyms for low water

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