'Ebb' definitions:
Definition of 'ebb'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
The outward flow of the tide [syn: ebb, reflux]
verb
Flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon" [syn: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off] [ant: surge, tide]
verb
Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
verb
Fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
Definition of 'Ebb'
From: GCIDE
- Ebb \Ebb\, a. Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low. [1913 Webster]
- The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ebb'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede. [1913 Webster]
- The hours of life ebb fast. --Blackmore.
- Syn: To recede; retire; withdraw; decay; decrease; wane; sink; lower. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ebb'
From: GCIDE
- Ebb \Ebb\ ([e^]b), n. (Zo["o]l.) The European bunting. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ebb'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow Claspest the limits of morality! --Shelley. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Painting was then at its lowest ebb. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Ebb and flow, the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively. [1913 Webster]
- This alternation between unhealthy activity and depression, this ebb and flow of the industrial. --A. T. Hadley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ebb'
From: GCIDE
- Ebb \Ebb\, v. t. To cause to flow back. [Obs.] --Ford. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ebb'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- ablate,
- advance,
- ascend,
- back,
- back up,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- budge,
- calm,
- calm down,
- catabasis,
- cease,
- cessation,
- change,
- change place,
- circle,
- climb,
- collapse,
- comedown,
- consume,
- consume away,
- corrode,
- course,
- crash,
- crumble,
- dead set,
- dead stand,
- dead stop,
- deadlock,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- deceleration,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decline and fall,
- decrease,
- decrescendo,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- deliquesce,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- descend,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- devolution,
- die,
- die away,
- die down,
- diminish,
- diminuendo,
- direct tide,
- dive,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drift away,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dwindle,
- dwindling,
- dying,
- dying down,
- ease off,
- ebb and flow,
- ebb tide,
- ebbing,
- effeteness,
- erode,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fading,
- fail,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- falling-off,
- flood,
- flood tide,
- flow,
- flow back,
- flow in,
- flow out,
- flush,
- flux,
- flux and reflux,
- full stop,
- full tide,
- get over,
- go,
- go around,
- go away,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- go off,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- gush,
- gyrate,
- halt,
- high tide,
- high water,
- hit a slump,
- hit rock bottom,
- hit the skids,
- involution,
- issue,
- languish,
- lapse,
- lessen,
- let up,
- lock,
- loss of tone,
- low tide,
- low water,
- lull,
- lunar tide,
- make,
- melt away,
- moderate,
- molder,
- mount,
- move,
- move away,
- move off,
- move over,
- neap,
- neap tide,
- opposite tide,
- pacify,
- peter out,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- pour,
- progress,
- pull away,
- quiesce,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- reach the depths,
- recede,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- regress,
- regression,
- regurgitate,
- relent,
- remission,
- retire,
- retreat,
- retrocede,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrograde,
- retrogress,
- retrogression,
- rip,
- riptide,
- rise,
- rotate,
- run,
- run down,
- run low,
- rush,
- sag,
- set,
- shift,
- shrink,
- sink,
- slacken,
- slide,
- slip,
- slippage,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- soar,
- solar tide,
- soothe,
- spin,
- spring tide,
- stand,
- stand off,
- standstill,
- stillstand,
- stir,
- stop,
- stream,
- subside,
- subsidence,
- surge,
- surge back,
- tail off,
- thalassometer,
- tidal amplitude,
- tidal current,
- tidal current chart,
- tidal flow,
- tidal range,
- tide,
- tide chart,
- tide gate,
- tide gauge,
- tide race,
- tide rip,
- tidewater,
- tideway,
- touch bottom,
- tranquilize,
- travel,
- trend,
- wane,
- waning,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear,
- wear away,
- whirl,
- widen the distance,
- withdraw