| ebb definitions |
| # | Definition | Sets |
| 1 | (of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; n. op. flow: rise of tide | 32 sets |
| 2 | high to low tide | 21 sets |
| 3 | recede; lessen | 19 sets |
| 4 | the outward flow of the tide | 17 sets |
| 5 | to fade away, recede | 16 sets |
| 6 | to decline | 15 sets |
| 7 | reflux of the tide | 11 sets |
| 8 | to diminish; to recede | 8 sets |
| 9 | fall away or decline | 8 sets |
| 10 | to recede | 8 sets |
| 11 | recede | 8 sets |
| 12 | decline | 8 sets |
| 13 | from high to low tide | 7 sets |
| 14 | to recede, fall back, or pull away from; to fall to a lower level or weaker state; to dwindle. | 7 sets |
| 15 | a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | 6 sets |
| 16 | to slowly decrease | 6 sets |
| 17 | to fade away | 6 sets |
| 18 | a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number); outward flow of the tide | 5 sets |
| 19 | to decrease or decline slowly | 5 sets |
| 20 | a gradual decline | 5 sets |
| 21 | the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea | 4 sets |
| 22 | to recede, fall back, or pull away from. | 4 sets |
| 23 | to recede, fall back, or pull away | 3 sets |
| 24 | wane | 3 sets |
| 25 | to decrease in force or level | 3 sets |
| 26 | decrease, fall off (poetic) | 3 sets |
| 27 | to recede, fall back, or pull away from | 3 sets |
| 28 | to flow back or away, as the water of a tide; to decline or decay; fade away | 3 sets |
| 29 | receding current or tide | 2 sets |
| 30 | fade, lessen, weaken | 2 sets |
| 31 | fade away | 2 sets |
| 32 | v. to flow or fall back, as the tide | n. a period of decline | 2 sets |
| 33 | a period of fading away or declining | 2 sets |
| 34 | to decline or recede | 2 sets |
| 35 | to decline, to recede | 2 sets |
| 36 | the flow of the tide away from shore; falling of the tide | 2 sets |
| 37 | period of fading away; declining | 2 sets |
| 38 | flowing back of tide toward sea opposed to flood tide | 2 sets |
| 39 | (of tidewater) move away from the land; recede | 2 sets |
| 40 | (v.) to recede | 2 sets |