ebbings
Tidal waters retreating
Ebbings are instances of ebbing—flowing back, receding, or declining.
The word appears most often in literary or poetic contexts describing tides or figurative diminishment: the ebbings and flowings of the sea, the ebbings of his enthusiasm.
Like the singular ebb, it suggests gradual withdrawal rather than sudden disappearance.
Act of taking away
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- backflowLiquid reversing course
- subsidingDecreasing in intensity
- recedingMoving away from observer
outflow · regression · retrocede · pullback · reflux · recession · draining · seeping
withdrawal
Act of taking away
receding · outflow · regression · retrocede · pullback · reflux · recession · draining · seeping · drawing back
lowtide
Ocean at minimum level
- tidepoolsCoastal rock hollows holding seawater
- mudflatsCoastal areas exposed at low tide
- sandbarsSubmerged ridges of sediment
estuary · coastline · shorebirds · seashells · barnacles · driftwood · kelp · algae · anemones · starfish
waning
Gradually decreasing in intensity
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
declining · tapering · weakening · abating · subsiding · shrinking · withering · flagging · slackening · petering
ebbingsfloodings
Excess water covering land
flood tides · risings · inflows · inrushes · swellings
ebbingsswellings
Localized tissue enlargements
waxings · risings · expansions · buildups · accumulations
- ebbing and flowingAlternately advancing and retreating