ebb tide
Americannoun
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The period between high tide and low tide during which water flows away from the shore.
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Also called falling tide
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Compare flood tide See more at tide
Etymology
Origin of ebb tide
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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For the first four hours, she was lucky: An ebb tide carried her about 10 miles.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
In coasts with large tidal differences, water collects in "rock pools" that warm up quickly on the ebb tide before the next flood washes in with colder seawater.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024
At these locations of extreme tidal range, a person who ventures out onto the seafloor exposed during ebb tide may not be able to outrun the advancing water during flood tide.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
We were drifting the ebb tide over the same rocks.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2014
However, the ship went out on the ebb tide; and was doubtless by morning far down the river mouth.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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