ebb
IPA: ˈɛb
noun
- The receding movement of the tide.
- A gradual decline.
- (especially in the phrase 'at a low ebb') A low state; a state of depression.
- A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
verb
- (intransitive) to flow back or recede
- (intransitive) to fall away or decline
- (intransitive) to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
- (transitive) To cause to flow back.
adjective
- low, shallow
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Examples of "ebb" in Sentences
- "It is vat you call ebb," said the French captain.
- "What made you try the South Channel in ebb tide and an inshore wind?"
- This point, or ebb, is called the uncanny valley - see the chart below.
- But I also hear what you say about blogging having a certain ebb-and-flow energy to it.
- My appreciation for Joe Biden has been subject to a certain ebb and flow over the years.
- During that period, which dates from the founding of the journal Annales in 1929, a succession of eminent French scholars taught the history profession to turn its back on politics and to contemplate the long-term ebb and flow of currents running deep beneath the frothy stuff of battles and elections.
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