Meaning

• The receding movement of the tide.

  "The boats will go out on the ebb."

• A gradual decline.

• A low state; a state of depression.

• A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).

Meaning

• To flow back or recede

  "The tides ebbed at noon."

• To fall away or decline

  "The dying man's strength ebbed away."

• To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

• To cause to flow back.

Meaning

• Low, shallow