Daily Word: EBB

ebb

 

[eb] 

~ noun

Definition: 1) The flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow). 2) A flowing backward or away; decline or decay.  3) A point of decline.

~ verb (used without object)

Definition: 4) To flow back or away, as the water of a tide (opposed to flow). 5) To decline or decay; fade away.

Sentence: Some people don't aspire to do anything in life, they just sit around and watch their life ebb away.