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

In an Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) seismic retrofit, the foundation is "bolted" to the frame of the house, and when there are walls called "cripple walls" in the crawl space under the house, they are …

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.

6 days ago · ebb (third-person singular simple present ebbs, present participle ebbing, simple past and past participle ebbed) (intransitive) to flow back or recede synonyms Synonyms: go out, go down, …

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.

The ebb or the ebb tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land. ...the spring ebb tide. We decided to leave on the …

[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]

When something ebbs, it is declining, falling, or flowing away. The best time to look for sea creatures in tidal pools is when the tide is on the ebb — meaning it has receded from the shore.

Idiom ebb and flow (Definition of ebb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)