ebb tide
Sea pulling back
Ebb tide is the outgoing tide, when water recedes from the shore as the sea level falls.
The opposite of flood tide.
The term appears in nautical contexts and metaphorically to describe decline or diminishing: His influence was at ebb tide.
Often shortened to simply the ebb.
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- outflowFluid exiting a system
- recedeMove back from
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- low waterMinimum tide level
drainage · subsiding · expose · uncover · seaward · slack water · pull back · draw back
Land-water boundary
- intertidalZone between high and low watermarks
- mudflatExposed shore sediment
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- sandbarUnderwater ridge of sediment
foreshore · littoral · saltmarsh · rockpool · seashore · beachcombing · strandline · seaweed
Decrease or refuse
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- downturnEconomic decline period
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
recession · dwindling · decay · deterioration · retreat · slump · decrease · falling away
Of the moon
- gravitational pullAttractive force between masses
- syzygyTrilinear celestial arrangement
- periodicityRecurring at regular intervals
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
retreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
- outflowFluid exiting a system
- recedeMove back from
- withdrawalAct of taking away
low water · drainage · subsiding · expose · uncover · seaward · slack water · pull back · draw back · run out
shoreline
Land-water boundary
- intertidalZone between high and low watermarks
- mudflatExposed shore sediment
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
sandbar · foreshore · littoral · saltmarsh · rockpool · seashore · beachcombing · strandline · seaweed · barnacle
decline
Decrease or refuse
- waningGradually decreasing in intensity
- downturnEconomic decline period
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
diminishing · recession · dwindling · decay · deterioration · retreat · slump · decrease · falling away · passing
lunar
Of the moon
- gravitational pullAttractive force between masses
- syzygyTrilinear celestial arrangement
- periodicityRecurring at regular intervals
- tidal featuresintertidal zone
- tides (juvenile)water levels, ocean, waves, shore, shoreline
- coastal habitatsshoreline, shorelines, coastline, mudflat, coastlines
- low tidelow water, receding water, mudflats, sandbars
- tidal movementsflow, slack water, slack, diurnal, semidiurnal
- tidal phenomena
ebb tideflood tide
Incoming tidal flow
rising tide · high tide · spring tide · tidal surge · storm surge
ebb tiderising tide
Ocean level increasing
flood tide · surge · upswell · groundswell · resurgence