falling tide
Ocean drawing back
A falling tide is the period when ocean water recedes from shore, moving from high tide toward low tide.
Also called ebb tide.
The term appears in nautical contexts and figuratively for decline: The falling tide left boats stranded on the mud.
He sensed the falling tide of public support.
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- going outLeaving to socialize
- recedingMoving away from observer
- receding watersFlow moving away
- shorelineLand-water boundary
mudflats · tidal flats · exposed · seaweed · retreat · outgoing · slack water · sandbar · shells · clams · wading · wading birds · estuary · salt marsh · current · moon · lunar · drainage
- tidestidal range, tidal cycle, tidal bore, tidal cycles, tidal currents
- flats fishingflats, bonefish, tarpon, redfish, permit
falling tiderising tide
Ocean level increasing
flood tide · flood · tide coming in · high tide · tidal surge
falling tiderising tide
Ocean level increasing
ascendancy · upswing · surge · groundswell · momentum
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