All 5 Uses of
ebb
in
The Tempest
- He does hear me; And, that he does, I weep: myself am Naples, Who with mine eyes,—never since at ebb,—beheld The King, my father wrack'd.†
Scene 1.2
- Do so: to ebb, Hereditary sloth instructs me.†
Scene 2.1
- Ebbing men indeed, Most often, do so near the bottom run By their own fear or sloth.†
Scene 2.1
- Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves; And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him When he comes back; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites; and you whose pastime Is to make midnight mushrooms, that rejoice To hear the solemn curfew; by whose aid,— Weak masters though ye be,—I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and…†
Scene 5.1
- His mother was a witch; and one so strong
That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs,
Scene 5.1 *ebbs = a gradual decline -- such as the height of the tide
Definition:
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(ebb) decline -- typically gradually as with the height of the tide