ebb

Plural: ebbs

Noun

• a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
• the outward flow of the tide
• The receding movement of the tide.
• A gradual decline.
• A low state; a state of depression.
• A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).

Verb

Verb Forms: ebbed, ebbing, ebbs

• To recede from the land; to decline or diminish.
• flow back or recede
  • "the tides ebbed at noon"
• hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
• fall away or decline
  • "The patient's strength ebbed away"
• to flow back or recede
• to fall away or decline
• to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
• To cause to flow back.

Adj

• low, shallow

Examples

• As his opponent’s lead began to EBB, he saw an opportunity for a comeback.
• The boats will go out on the ebb.
• The dying man's strength ebbed away.
• The tides ebbed at noon.

Synonyms

ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out, ebbing, reflux, wane, go down, go out, ooze

Antonyms

tide, flood, flow

Related Words

neap, tide

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