ebbed,ppl.a.|ɛbd| [f. ebb v. + -ed.] a. That has flowed back. b. That has been left dry by the falling tide. 1858Hogg Shelley II. 204 A fresh flood of the ebbed waters of a wide sea of troubles.1859A. Smith in Macm. Mag. I. 121, I can wander on the ebbed beach.