low, shallow

(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

The receding movement of the tide. / A gradual decline. / (especially in the phrase 'at a low ebb') A low state; a state of depression.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ebb

plural of ebb

plural of ebb and flow

plural of ebb tide

To alternately ebb and flow.

The flowing out and in of the tide. / (figuratively) A large flowing out and in.

The period between high tide and the next low tide in which the sea is receding.