ebb suggests the receding of something (such as the tide) that commonly comes and goes.

ebb verb [I] (FEELING) If a physical or emotional feeling ebbs, it becomes less strong or disappears:

EBB definition: the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (flood,flow ). See examples of ebb used in a sentence.

2 days ago · Verb ebb (third-person singular simple present ebbs, present participle ebbing, simple past and past participle ebbed) (intransitive) to flow back or recede

ebb (ɛb) n. 1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea. 2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay. 3. a point or state of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb.

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[no object] 1 of a tide : to flow outward from the land waiting for the tide to ebb 2 : to get worse Their fortunes began to ebb. [= decline]

ebb verb [I] (SEA) When the tide ebbs, the sea flows away from the land. (Definition of ebb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)