ebb
ebb /'eb/ (ebbs ebbing ebbed)
1 [VERB] V
When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls.
When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.
2 [N-COUNT] usu the N
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...
3 [VERB] V
If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. (FORMAL)
Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
Ebb away means the same as ebb.
Their popular support is ebbing away.
4 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable.
...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb...
5 [PHRASE] usu PHR of n
You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls.
...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.
1 [VERB] V
When the tide or the sea ebbs, its level gradually falls.
When the tide ebbs it's a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.
2 [N-COUNT] usu the N
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...
3 [VERB] V
If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. (FORMAL)
Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed?
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
Ebb away means the same as ebb.
Their popular support is ebbing away.
4 [PHRASE] v-link PHR
If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable.
...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb...
5 [PHRASE] usu PHR of n
You can use ebb and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls.
...the ebb and flow of feeling and moods.