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tide·mark

 (tīd′märk′)
n.
1. A line or mark on a shore indicating the highest or lowest level reached by the tide.
2. A trace or indication of past activity: "Just along the highway into town is the last tidemark of the Nazi advance, a brutal tangle of brown sculpture" (Regina Nadelson).
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tidemark

(ˈtaɪdˌmɑːk)
n
1. (Physical Geography) a mark left by the highest or lowest point of a tide
2. (Physical Geography) a marker indicating the highest or lowest point reached by a tide
3. chiefly Brit a mark showing a level reached by a liquid: a tidemark on the bath.
4. informal chiefly Brit a dirty mark on the skin, indicating the extent to which someone has washed
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tide•mark

(ˈtaɪdˌmɑrk)

n.
1. the point reached or risen above: the tidemark of our prosperity.
2. a mark left by the highest or lowest point of a tide.
3. a mark indicating such a point.
[1790–1800]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tidemark - indicator consisting of a line at the highwater or low-water limits of the tides
indicator - a device for showing the operating condition of some system
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Translations

tidemark

[ˈtaɪdmɑːk] N
1. (= tideline) → línea f de la marea alta
2. (hum) (in bath, on neck) → cerco m (de suciedad)
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tidemark

[ˈtaɪdˌmɑːk] nlinea di marea
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For, now, the last of the fleet of ships was round the last low point we had headed; and the last green barge, straw-laden, with a brown sail, had followed; and some ballast-lighters, shaped like a child's first rude imitation of a boat, lay low in the mud; and a little squat shoal-lighthouse on open piles, stood crippled in the mud on stilts and crutches; and slimy stakes stuck out of the mud, and slimy stones stuck out of the mud, and red landmarks and tidemarks stuck out of the mud, and an old landing-stage and an old roofless building slipped into the mud, and all about us was stagnation and mud.
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Follow the tide mark Ensure the new soil level does not come higher than it was in the pot (there is likely to be a tidemark around the stem).