Definition for
ebb
noun –
The reflux or falling of the tide; the return of tide-water toward the sea: opposed to flood or flow. See
noun – A flowing backward or away; decline; decay; a gradual falling off or diminution: as, the ebb of prosperity; crime is on the ebb.
noun – A name of the common bunting, Emberiza miliaria. Montagu.
– Not deep; shallow.
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To flow back; return, as the water of a tide, toward the ocean; subside: opposed to flow: as, the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours. See
– To return or recede; fall away; decline.
– Synonyms To recede, retire, decrease, sink, lower, wane, fall away.
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