noun. The receding or outgoing tide, occurring between the time when the tide is highest and the time when the following tide is lowest.

noun. A period of decline or diminution.

intransitive verb. To fall back from the flood stage.

intransitive verb. To fall away or back; decline or recede. synonym: recede.

noun. The reflux or falling of the tide; the return of tide-water toward the sea: opposed to flood or flow. See tide.

noun. A flowing backward or away; decline; decay; a gradual falling off or diminution: as, the ebb of prosperity; crime is on the ebb.

noun. A name of the common bunting, Emberiza miliaria. Montagu.

Not deep; shallow.

To flow back; return, as the water of a tide, toward the ocean; subside: opposed to flow: as, the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours. See tide.

To return or recede; fall away; decline.

Synonyms To recede, retire, decrease, sink, lower, wane, fall away.

To cause to subside.

noun. The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood.

noun. The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.

noun. the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively.

intransitive verb. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.

intransitive verb. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.

noun. The European bunting.

transitive verb. To cause to flow back.

adjective. Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.

noun. The receding movement of the tide.

noun. A gradual decline

noun. low state, state of depression

noun. The European bunting

verb. to flow back or recede

verb. to fall away or decline

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

adjective. low, shallow

noun. the outward flow of the tide

verb. flow back or recede

noun. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

verb. fall away or decline

verb. hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

"But I also hear what you say about blogging having a certain ebb-and-flow energy to it."

flood  flow  

ebb-and-flow structure  

tide  

ebb and flow  ebb tide  

beleaguer  besiege  circumvent  decline  diminution  

Deb  Jeb  Web  Webb  celeb  

alternation  attrition  cadence  cannonade  clamor  

abate  ablate  advance  ascend  back  

ebbed  ebbing  ebbs