Definitions For Ebb
noun
- The outward flow of the tide
- A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- The time when the tide flows out from the land
- A low point or condition : a condition of weakness, failure, etc.
verb
- Fall away or decline
- Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
- Flow back or recede
- To flow outward from the land
- To get worse
Examples of Ebb in a Sentence
- Morale seems to have reached its lowest ebb.
- A surprising ebb in the quality of workmanship in goods coming from that country
- Waiting for the tide to ebb
- The fortunes of the town slowly ebbed as factory after textile factory closed
noun
- The outward flow of the tide
- A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- The time when the tide flows out from the land
- A low point or condition : a condition of weakness, failure, etc.
verb
- Fall away or decline
- Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
- Flow back or recede
- To flow outward from the land
- To get worse
- Morale seems to have reached its lowest ebb.
- A surprising ebb in the quality of workmanship in goods coming from that country
- Waiting for the tide to ebb
- The fortunes of the town slowly ebbed as factory after textile factory closed
