EBB, noun The reflux of the tide; the return of tidewater towards the sea; opposed to flood or flowing. 1. Decline; decay; a falling from a better to a worse state; as the ebb of life; the ebb of prosperity. EBB, verb intransitive To flow back; to return as the water of a tide towards the ocean; opposed to flow. The tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty four hours. 1. To decay; to decline; to return or fall back from a better to a worse state.
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