Ebb
noun
The movement of the tide out to sea.
When the ebb tide begins, you'll see the water recede from the sand.
Often appears as...
- ebb tide
- ebb flow
verb
To become less or lower in level, quality, or quantity.
My enthusiasm for the project ebbed as the challenges piled up.
Often appears as...
- ebb away
- ebb and flow
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A point or condition of decline.
The business was in its ebb when it was taken over by a conglomerate.
Often appears as...
- at its ebb
- in the ebb
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
The movement of the tide out to sea.
When the ebb tide begins, you'll see the water recede from the sand.
Often appears as...
- ebb tide
- ebb flow
verb
To become less or lower in level, quality, or quantity.
My enthusiasm for the project ebbed as the challenges piled up.
Often appears as...
- ebb away
- ebb and flow
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A point or condition of decline.
The business was in its ebb when it was taken over by a conglomerate.
Often appears as...
- at its ebb
- in the ebb
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Tide Context
Use 'ebb' to describe the tide specifically retreating or moving away from the shore.
Fishermen avoid setting sail during the ebb.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Imagery
'Ebb' often evokes imagery of slowly receding water, useful in creative writing.
The ebb left patterns on the sand.
Pro Tip 1/2Tide Context
Use 'ebb' to describe the tide specifically retreating or moving away from the shore.
Fishermen avoid setting sail during the ebb.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Imagery
'Ebb' often evokes imagery of slowly receding water, useful in creative writing.
The ebb left patterns on the sand.
Pro Tip 1/2Tide Context
Use 'ebb' to describe the tide specifically retreating or moving away from the shore.
Fishermen avoid setting sail during the ebb.
Pro Tip 2/2Visual Imagery
'Ebb' often evokes imagery of slowly receding water, useful in creative writing.
The ebb left patterns on the sand.
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Video examples
What Is the 'Gray Zone'...
gray zone is chock-full of valuable lobsters lobstermen tempers have sometimes risen and ebbed with the price of the catch over the years lobstering squabbles have occasionally rocked the boat in the gray zone especially when market prices are going up but things are generally copacetic it's all the same to the puffins and other birds that live on the island which is an important
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Greg Long: Big Wave...
that I was trying to solve in my mind. That the ocean is this amazing metaphor for life, when you think about it. You are on this constantly moving playing field. You know, the winds, tides, currents are always changing. Tides go in, goes out, there's an ebb and a flow to everything.
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Tracking grizzly bears...
to see how they respond to the ebb and flow of nutrition throughout their habitat. Now, instead of ordinary, static habitat maps, these dynamic, time-lapse habitat maps could be used for grizzly bear conservation in a number of ways. First, they help calculate the carrying capacity
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I love being a police...
I predate all of that. I predate so much and I've been through ebbs and flows and I've been through good and bad times, and still I absolutely love being a police officer. I love being a police officer because it's always been a calling for me and never a job.
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Safari Live - Day 178 PIPE...
very good indeed that's you had these ebbs and flows and parts you know they go through through good jurors and badgers and and generally after a drought lions have two that do quite well because a lot of animals have struggled and good farfel infrared but
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How menopause affects...
we have trouble sleeping. Or it's the amygdala, the emotional center of the brain, close to the hippocampus, the memory center of the brain. When estrogen levels ebb in these regions, we start getting mood swings perhaps and forget things.
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A young poet tells the...
and I began to speak, despite this renewed feeling that I didn't deserve to be there, that I didn't belong there or have a right to break the silence. As I talked, and my classmates listened, the fear ebbed away. My mind became calm,
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Is social activism the...
what's going on around them being active in a cause has also grown as a primary source of entertainment with this group part of what they do and part of how they spend their time as we look at the ebb and flow of activity deeper and
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Where will you be able...
the ebbs and flows of this ever-shifting landscape. But lately, an abundance of intense cyclones have caused frequent flooding that impedes farming and fishing. These floods also erode the coastline,
Video examples
Lunchtime for Baboons PIPE...
mothers and their young find food and kelp left by the ebbing tide it's better than scratching a living in tough vandals
Video examples
What Is the 'Gray Zone'...
gray zone is chock-full of valuable lobsters lobstermen tempers have sometimes risen and ebbed with the price of the catch over the years lobstering squabbles have occasionally rocked the boat in the gray zone especially when market prices are going up but things are generally copacetic it's all the same to the puffins and other birds that live on the island which is an important
Video examples
Greg Long: Big Wave...
that I was trying to solve in my mind. That the ocean is this amazing metaphor for life, when you think about it. You are on this constantly moving playing field. You know, the winds, tides, currents are always changing. Tides go in, goes out, there's an ebb and a flow to everything.
Video examples
Tracking grizzly bears...
to see how they respond to the ebb and flow of nutrition throughout their habitat. Now, instead of ordinary, static habitat maps, these dynamic, time-lapse habitat maps could be used for grizzly bear conservation in a number of ways. First, they help calculate the carrying capacity
Video examples
I love being a police...
I predate all of that. I predate so much and I've been through ebbs and flows and I've been through good and bad times, and still I absolutely love being a police officer. I love being a police officer because it's always been a calling for me and never a job.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 178 PIPE...
very good indeed that's you had these ebbs and flows and parts you know they go through through good jurors and badgers and and generally after a drought lions have two that do quite well because a lot of animals have struggled and good farfel infrared but
Video examples
How menopause affects...
we have trouble sleeping. Or it's the amygdala, the emotional center of the brain, close to the hippocampus, the memory center of the brain. When estrogen levels ebb in these regions, we start getting mood swings perhaps and forget things.
Video examples
A young poet tells the...
and I began to speak, despite this renewed feeling that I didn't deserve to be there, that I didn't belong there or have a right to break the silence. As I talked, and my classmates listened, the fear ebbed away. My mind became calm,
Video examples
Is social activism the...
what's going on around them being active in a cause has also grown as a primary source of entertainment with this group part of what they do and part of how they spend their time as we look at the ebb and flow of activity deeper and
Video examples
Where will you be able...
the ebbs and flows of this ever-shifting landscape. But lately, an abundance of intense cyclones have caused frequent flooding that impedes farming and fishing. These floods also erode the coastline,
Video examples
Lunchtime for Baboons PIPE...
mothers and their young find food and kelp left by the ebbing tide it's better than scratching a living in tough vandals
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Quote examples
James McAvoy
Scottish Actor
I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street.
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Helen Hunt
American Actress
I know you're always supposed to want more of everything. But in truth, I'm having a nice ebb and flow of being in my daughter's life every day and getting to keep my work life alive. I'm not nominated for ten thousand everythings every minute, but I am acting and telling stories I love.
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Lisa Unger
American Author
Of course, like all organic processes, there is an ebb and a flow to writing. One does not exist without the other. The writer needs to be vigilant in protecting both, confident in the knowledge that the village will be there when we choose, finally, to open the door.
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Hugh Jackman
Australian Actor
I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling.
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Ian Hislop
Welsh Editor
You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?
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Laura Dern
American Actress
For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
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Uma Thurman
American Actress
There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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Julie Foudy
American Athlete
The ebb and flow of daily life can lead to wonderful highs, crushing lows, and everything in between.
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Brad Feld
American Businessman
While I live a busy life, the pace ebbs and flows.
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Robin Wright
American Actress
A great life is to be able to ebb and flow.
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James McAvoy
Scottish Actor
I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street.
Quote examples
Helen Hunt
American Actress
I know you're always supposed to want more of everything. But in truth, I'm having a nice ebb and flow of being in my daughter's life every day and getting to keep my work life alive. I'm not nominated for ten thousand everythings every minute, but I am acting and telling stories I love.
Quote examples
Lisa Unger
American Author
Of course, like all organic processes, there is an ebb and a flow to writing. One does not exist without the other. The writer needs to be vigilant in protecting both, confident in the knowledge that the village will be there when we choose, finally, to open the door.
Quote examples
Hugh Jackman
Australian Actor
I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling.
Quote examples
Ian Hislop
Welsh Editor
You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?
Quote examples
Laura Dern
American Actress
For me, the greatest good fortune I have being raised by actors is I came in knowing that a career is the ebb and flow.
Quote examples
Uma Thurman
American Actress
There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
Quote examples
Julie Foudy
American Athlete
The ebb and flow of daily life can lead to wonderful highs, crushing lows, and everything in between.
Quote examples
Brad Feld
American Businessman
While I live a busy life, the pace ebbs and flows.
Quote examples
Robin Wright
American Actress
A great life is to be able to ebb and flow.
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