ebb
/ɛb/
noun
- 1
The receding movement of the tide.
“The boats will go out on the ebb.”
- 2
A gradual decline.
- 3
A low state; a state of depression.
- 4
A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
verb
- 1
To flow back or recede
“The tides ebbed at noon.”
- 2
To fall away or decline
“The dying man's strength ebbed away.”
- 3
To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
- 4
To cause to flow back.
adjective
- 1
Low, shallow
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