high water receded

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• high-water mark — [hī′wôt′ər] n. 1. the highest level reached by a body of water in tidal flow, flood, etc. 2. the mark left after high water has receded 3. a culminating point; highest point …   English World dictionary

• high-wa|ter mark — «HY WT uhr, WOT », 1. the highest level reached by the tide or by a flooded river or lake. 2. the mark or line left by the water after it has receded. 3. Figurative. any highest point: »Elizabethan drama reached its high water mark in Shakespeare …   Useful english dictionary

• recede — recede1 [ri sēd′] vi. receded, receding [L recedere: see RE & CEDE] 1. to go or move back [the high water receded] 2. to withdraw (from) [to recede from a promise] 3. to slope backward …   English World dictionary

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