Time during the tidal period when the tide is falling. Compare with flood tide.
The part of the tide cycle during which the water level is falling.
a tide that falls, with water flowing seaward
The return of tide water toward the sea; the out-going tide.
The ebb is water that recedes backward which exposes more of the shore for a period of about six and a half hours. It is the opposite of the flood tide. The time between the ebb and flood is called slack tide.
The portion of the tide cycle between high water and the following low water. It is sometimes called "falling tide".
(Jusant) Falling tide; period during which the sea recedes.
the falling or run-out tide.
Out-flowing tide from high tide to low tide; compare with flood tide.
Ebb Tide is a popular song, written in 1953 by lyricist Carl Sigman and composer Robert Maxwell.
"Ebb Tide" is the first episode of the second season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Ed Bianchi. It originally aired on June 1, 2003.
