Definitions for ebb tide

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ebb′ tide`(n.)

  1. the reflux of the tide or the tide at ebb; ebb.

    Category: Oceanography

Origin of ebb tide:

1830–40

Wiktionary

  1. ebb tide(Noun)

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ebb tide(u)

    the reflux of tide water; the retiring tide; -- opposed to flood tide


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

ebb tide(noun)

the ebbing tide

They sailed on the ebb tide.

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