To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; opposed to flow
If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed? Ebb away means the same as ebb. Their popular support is ebbing away
If someone or something is at a low ebb or at their lowest ebb, they are not being very successful or profitable. a time when everyone is tired and at a low ebb
Usually the same as ebb stream, but sometimes used with reference to the vertical tidal movement Opposite to flood