The reflux of the tide; the return of tide-water towards the sea. Often in phrase ebb and flow; also tide of ebb, half-quarter-ebb.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > ebbing or flowing out (13) ebba1000 The reflux of the tide; the return of tide-water towards the sea. Often in phrase ebb and flow; also tide of ebb, half-quarter-ebb. ebbingc1000 The action of flowing back or retiring: of the sea or a tidal river; also, of springs. fresha1552 A rush of water or increase of the stream in a river; a flash flood. Also: a flood of fresh water flowing into the sea; an ebb tide increased by… fall1571 The action or fact of subsiding or sinking to a lower level, esp. of a body of water, the waves, the tide, etc.; receding, ebbing; an instance of… vale-water1589 Ebb-tide. refloat1594 A flowing back, ebbing (of the tide). reflow1610 Originally: the ebb of the tide. Later also more widely: flowing back, reflux, return of circulation; an instance of this. downtide1668 A tide during which water flows back from the land to the sea; an ebb tide. recurrency1724 = recurrence, n. 5. Obsolete. rare. out1756 English regional (south-western). An outward movement, a low tide. retroposition1836 Displacement or delay of the tide with respect to the position of the moon; spec. the distance (in longitude) between the sublunar point and the… ebb-tide1837 attributive and in other combinations, as ebb-tide, etc. Also ebb-sleeper n. a bird; = dunlin, n. recurrence1857 A flowing back or reversal of direction of an ocean current or subcurrent. Cf. recurrency, n. 1b. Obsolete. rare. |
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