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tidemark

[ tahyd-mahrk ]

noun

  1. the point that something or someone has reached, receded below, or risen above:

    He has reached the tidemark of his prosperity.

  2. a mark left by the highest or lowest point of a tide.
  3. a mark made to indicate the highest or lowest point of a tide.


tidemark

/ ˈ³Ù²¹Éª»åËŒ³¾É‘Ë°ì /

noun

  1. a mark left by the highest or lowest point of a tide
  2. a marker indicating the highest or lowest point reached by a tide
  3. a mark showing a level reached by a liquid

    a tidemark on the bath

  4. informal.
    a dirty mark on the skin, indicating the extent to which someone has washed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tidemark

/ ³ÙÄ«»å′³¾Ã¤°ù°ì′ /

  1. A line or mark on a shore indicating the highest or lowest level reached by the tide.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tidemark1

First recorded in 1790–1800; tide 1 + mark 1
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Its white plank floor is mottled with mold, and its landscape bears an ominously high tidemark.

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A church has a brown tidemark halfway up its towers.

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He is aiming for an even higher tidemark than May’s.

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What is a day or an hour or a lifetime Gauged by the ebb and the flow of the ages Shown in the tidemarks on crags prehistoric?

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That is shown very well by a simple little tidemark.

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