Object

• tide: Lloyd was right - the fishing there had dropped off with the last of the ebbing tide.

Converse of object

• watch: Watching the everyday ebb and flow of harbor life is a perfect way to spend a day in Padstow.

• reach: The Axis alliance as such had again reached low ebb.

Adjective modifier

• low: He was at the lowest ebb I've ever seen him " .

• tidal: Estuary - The mouth of a river where it broadens into the sea and within which there is tidal ebb and flow.

• natural: The trick is to catch them at their peak and relinquish them wholly at their natural ebb.

Modifies a noun

• tide: There was a strong ebb tide with 15 feet of water.

• velocity: The flood velocity ratio is 1.1 and the ebb velocity ratio is 0.9.

• flow: In a search for something to set the pulse racing we chose Cuan Sound at maximum ebb flow for the second dive.

• current: Flood dominance: A tidal oscillation in velocity that has flood currents greater than ebb currents.

• stage: In the ebb stage of any movement of God's Spirit, we will experience the desert.

Modifying Another Word

• away: The crowds are starting to ebb away from Center Court.

• gently: Eventually we locked out on a fairly gently ebbing tide at 12.20.

• slowly: As I watched the life slowly ebb from my parents, so too did the life ebb from me.

• gradually: The drugs have gone a long way in alleviating the pains, but I still feel my life gradually ebbing away.

• fast: Can she see How the earth's face is scarred, her life ebbing fast?

Noun used with modifier

• tide: Superb views from the front windows over the width of the Solway Firth with colors changing as the tides ebb and low.

Followed by a transitive particle

• away: The soothing aspects of water can help ebb away the day's tensions, as well as provide a good aerobic workout.

Preposition: of

• tide: Attempts were made to stem the ebbing of the tide in vain.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• away: But the game quickly ebbed away from the home side.