receding waters
Flood going down
Receding waters are waters that are withdrawing or pulling back from where they previously reached.
The phrase most often describes floodwaters subsiding after a storm or tidal waters retreating from shore: As the receding waters revealed the damage, residents returned to assess their homes.
Figuratively, receding waters can suggest any gradual withdrawal or ebbing of intensity.
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- low tideSea at minimum level
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- shorelineLand-water boundary
drought · retreat · puddles · mud · muddy banks · stranded · exposed · draining · dried up · subsiding · lowering · waterline · riverbed · seabed · ocean floor · tidal pools · debris · left behind
receding watersrising waters
Increasing water levels
surge · flood surge · storm surge · floodwaters · high tide
receding watersrising waters
Increasing water levels
flood waters · high tide · floodwaters · high water · spate
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