Definition for: ebb

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English

Pronunciation

• ĕb, /eb/, / eb /

Rhymes: -ɛb

Noun

ebb

1. The receding movement of the tide.
2. A gradual decline
3. low state, state of depression
4. The European bunting

Quotations

low state, state of depression

• 2002 : A "lowest ebb " implies something singular and finite, but for many of us, born in the Depression and raised by parents distrustful of fortune, an " ebb " might easily have lasted for years. — Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 22 & 29 Apr 2002

Synonyms

• ebb-tide

Antonyms

• flood
• flow

Related terms

• tide
• ebb and flow

Translations

Verb

to ebb ( third-person singular simple present ebbs , present participle ebbing , simple past ebbed , past participle ebbed )

1. flow back or recede

   the tides ebbed at noon

2. fall away or decline

   The dying man's strength ebbed away

3. fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

Synonyms

ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out, reflux, wane

Translations

• Dutch: wegebben (2)

Adjective

ebb

1. low, shallow

   The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. (Holland)

Swedish

Noun

ebb c .

1. low tide

Antonyms

• flod

Other Translations for "ebb"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		. -... -...
Binary		1100101 1100010 1100010
Hex		656262
Pig Latin		ebbway

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