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# ebb

«ebb» in Mova's school dictionary: **to flow back out, as the sea goes away from the shore** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (ebb, ebbs, ebbed, ebbing); noun (an ebb)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To ebb is to flow back out, as the sea goes away from the shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebb/#m1)

2) To ebb is to get less and less, to drain away slowly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebb/#m2)

3) The ebb is the time when the tide is going out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebb/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

the sea going out; in stories, life or strength slowly leaving a person; a tide that is ebbing

### examples

- The tide began to ebb at noon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebb/#x1)
- The sea ebbed away from the rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebb/#x2)
- Her strength ebbed as the day went on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebb/#x3)
- We walked on the sand while the ebb was low. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebb/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ebb» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ebb/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.