ebb vs flood tide

ebb

• The receding movement of the tide. 

• A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra). 

• A gradual decline. 

• A low state; a state of depression. 

• low, shallow 

• to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb 

• To cause to flow back. 

• to flow back or recede 

• to fall away or decline 

flood tide

• The period between low tide and the next high tide in which the sea is rising. 

• The highest point of something; a climax.