Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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highwater \highwater\, high water \high water\n.
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the tide when the water is highest; high tide. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: high tide, high water.
Water at its highest level, as in a river during a flood.
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n. 1 (context uncountable English) The location of high tide on a coastal area. 2 (context countable English) The highest stage of a river. 3 (context uncountable figuratively English) The maximum level attained.
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High Water is an album by hip hop artist El-P, released on March 9, 2004 through Thirsty Ear Recordings.
Made in conjunction with jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and the group for which he is artistic director, The Blue Series Continuum, the album is a striking departure from El-P's usual style, almost completely eschewing conventional ideas of hip hop in favour of electronically-tinged jazz fusion compositions, bordering on the avant-garde.
The album was created by the Blue Series Continuum improvising to original compositions by El-P, which he then manipulated and restructured. It enjoyed generally very favourable reviews from both the hip-hop and jazz worlds, as well as from more mainstream critics independent of both scenes. The album is part of an already extensive series of such collaborations (the "Blue Series" of the name) on the part of the jazz group.
One track, "When the Moon Was Blue", features vocals from El-P's father Harry Meline, also known as Harry Keys, himself a jazz pianist.
High water is the time in a tidal system when the tide is highest.
High Water or Highwater may also refer to:
"High Water (For Charley Patton)" is a song by Bob Dylan, released on his 31st studio album "Love and Theft" in 2001. The song draws its title from the Charley Patton song " High Water Everywhere", and is meant as a tribute to that bluesman. It is one of many songs based on the 1927 Louisiana flood. Other songs about the event include Memphis Minnie's " When the Levee Breaks" (also recorded by Dylan on his Modern Times album as "The Levee's Gonna Break"), and Randy Newman's " Louisiana 1927".
The song directly quotes three classic American songs in the last two verses, first the traditional ballad "The Cuckoo" with the line:
"The cuckoo is a pretty bird
She warbles as she flies."
Robert Johnson's " Dust My Broom" with the line:
"I'm getting up in the morning
I believe I'll dust my broom."
Charlie Pattons " Shake it and break it" with the line:
"You can shake it, you can break it, you can hang it on the wall." Bob's amended version of this line is "Bertha Mason shook it – broke it, then she hung it on a wall."
Attwood also notes that the song both musically and lyrically has little point of contact with the original Patton work.
Larry Campbell played the banjo "expertly" on the cut.
Regularly part of Dylan's live performances since October 2001, a concert version of the song from August 2003 is included in The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 – Tell Tale Signs (2008).
High Water is a 1997 studio album credited to Texas based blues rock band The Fabulous Thunderbirds — although in fact, the album is actually a collaboration between Thunderbirds frontman Kim Wilson and studio musicians (and producers) Steve Jordan and Danny Kortchmar. Wilson, Kortchmar and Jordan are the only musicians to appear on the album.
Usage examples of "high water".
She knew she was not as brilliant as she was good-looking, but if there was one thing she could get straight, come hell or high water, it was making a sign out of banner paper and paint.
It was a forced not caring, you know, but I decided come Hell or high water I was going to wash my hands before sitting down to eat.
And come hell or high water, I'll make sure you get the chance to stay that way.
Ridiculous as the idea was, Ben kept coming back to it, for Mike had the guts to deliver that gold, come hell and high water.
The most dangerous rocks are the ones that are completely covered at high water, the huge flat stone called 'the Tartar' or the two finger-like monoliths called 'the Wolves'.
That bastard will press ahead come hells or high water, and he hits hard when he hits, too.
Based on his own experiences it marked the start of an extraordinary career and was followed by High Water, Send a Gunboat and Dive in the Sun, rapidly establishing Reeman as perhaps the foremost writer of modern sea stories.
It is a creek or inlet from the Thames, and can always be filled at high water by opening the sluices at the Lead Mills from which it took its old name.
There was perhaps two feet of water in the ditch, due to natural seepage from the high water table.