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- Dictionaryebb/ɛb/
noun
- 1. the movement of the tide out to sea: "the tide was on the ebb" Similar
verb
- 1. (of tidewater) move away from the land; recede: "the tide began to ebb" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease: "my enthusiasm was ebbing away" Similar Opposite
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EBB definition: 1. When the sea or tide ebbs, it moves away from the coast and falls to a lower level. 2. If a…. Learn more.
1. : to recede from the flood. 2. : to fall from a higher to a lower level or from a better to a worse state. his popularity ebbed.
Ebb is often used in the phrase, "ebb and flow," referring to the cyclical changing of the tides from low to high and back to low again. This sense of cyclical change can also be applied to other things. If you want to make money investing, you have to weather the ebb and flow of the stock market.
noun. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea ( flood, flow ). a flowing backward or away; decline or decay: the ebb of a once great nation. a point of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb.
EBB meaning: 1. When the sea or tide ebbs, it moves away from the coast and falls to a lower level. 2. If a…. Learn more.
1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea. 2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay. 3. a point or state of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb. v.i. 4. to flow back or away, as the water of a tide. 5. to decline or decay; fade away.
The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. ...the spring ebb tide. We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning.
the repeated, often regular, movement from one state to another; the repeated change in level, numbers or amount. the ebb and flow of the seasons. She sat in silence enjoying the ebb and flow of conversation. He had known her long enough to recognize the ebb and flow of her moods. the natural ebb and flow of water.
EBB definition: 1. the movement of the sea when it flows away from the land 2. to gradually disappear: 3. When the…. Learn more.
1. When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls. [...] 2. Theebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. [...] 3. If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. [formal] [...] More.
