low water

English

Noun

low water (countable and uncountable, plural low waters)

1. The location of low tide in a coastal area.
   • 1953 February, H. A. Vallance, “To Brighton through the Shoreham Gap”, in Railway Magazine, page 82:

     The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud.

2. The lowest stage of a river.
3. The temporary situation of having little money.

Synonyms

• LW

Antonyms

• high water

Derived terms

• low-water mark

See also

• at a low ebb

References

• (having little money): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary