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Definition of Ebb away
1. Verb. Flow back or recede. "The tides ebbed at noon"
Generic synonyms: Fall Back
Derivative terms: Ebb
Antonyms: Tide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ebb Away
Literary usage of Ebb away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful by Thomas Hayward, William Oldys (1740)
"... But when it cannot rife, muft ebb away. Which at no mark can any moment flay,
And as your judgment can fo greatly do, So can it boldly to great works ..."
2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1865)
"Then she would cut her arm to escape from dismay at what she had already done ;
and then her courage would ebb away with her blood, and, having so far ..."
3. The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt by Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Birch, William Oldys (1829)
"... which being unknown to Pharaoh, while he was checked by that sea, which used
in all times before to ebb away, the flood pressed him and overwhelmed him. ..."
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