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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
ebb
n 1: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
[syn: ebb, ebbing, wane]
2: the outward flow of the tide [syn: ebb, reflux]
v 1: flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon" [syn: ebb,
ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off] [ant:
surge, tide]
2: hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from
going back into the sea with the ebb
3: fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ebb \Ebb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ebbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ebbing.] [AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See
2d Ebb.]
1. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the
ocean; -- opposed to flow.
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That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope.
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2. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to
decline; to decay; to recede.
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The hours of life ebb fast. --Blackmore.
Syn: To recede; retire; withdraw; decay; decrease; wane;
sink; lower.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ebb \Ebb\ ([e^]b), n. (Zo["o]l.)
The European bunting.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ebb \Ebb\, n. [AS. ebba; akin to Fries. ebba, D. eb, ebbe, Dan.
& G. ebbe, Sw. ebb, cf. Goth. ibuks backward; prob. akin to
E. even.]
1. The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the
tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the
boats will go out on the ebb.
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Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow
Claspest the limits of morality! --Shelley.
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2. The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better
to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
"Our ebb of life." --Roscommon.
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Painting was then at its lowest ebb. --Dryden.
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Ebb and flow, the alternate ebb and flood of the tide;
often used figuratively.
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This alternation between unhealthy activity and
depression, this ebb and flow of the industrial.
--A. T.
Hadley.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ebb \Ebb\, v. t.
To cause to flow back. [Obs.] --Ford.
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6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ebb \Ebb\, a.
Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
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The water there is otherwise very low and ebb.
--Holland.
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Thesaurus Results for ebb:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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