Definition of ebbs Ebbs
/ɛˈbz/ - [ebz] -
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What does ebbs mean?
Wiktionary 
- ebbs (Noun)
Plural of ebb. - ebbs (Verb)
Third person singular simple present of to ebb.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: ebbs |
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| ebb - a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | ||
| ebbing, wane | ||
| diminution, decline the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original) | ||
| ebb - the outward flow of the tide | ||
| reflux | ||
| flowing, flow the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression | ||
| ebbtide the tide while water is flowing out | ||
Verb |
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| ebb - fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away" | ||
| recede become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older" | ||
| ebb - flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon" | ||
| ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off | ||
| tide, surge be carried with the tide | ||
| fall back retreat | ||
| ebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb | ||
| beleaguer, hem in, besiege, circumvent, surround surround in a restrictive manner; "The building was hemmed in by flowers" | ||
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Wiktionary
- ebb (Noun)
The receding movement of the tide. - ebb (Noun)
A gradual decline. - ebb (Noun)
Low state, state of depression. - ebb (Noun)
The European bunting . - ebb (Verb)
To flow back or recede. - ebb (Verb)
To fall away or decline. - ebb (Verb)
To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb. - ebb (Verb)
To cause to flow back. - ebb (Adjective)
low, shallow.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ebb (n.)
The European bunting. - ebb (n.)
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. - ebb (n.)
The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay. - ebb (v. i.)
To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow. - ebb (v. i.)
To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede. - ebb (v. t.)
To cause to flow back. - ebb (a.)
Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ebb
The tide at the point of maximum ebb.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ebb
eb, n. the going back or retiring of the tide: a decline or decay.—v.i. to flow back: to sink: to decay.—n. Ebb′-tide, the ebbing or retiring tide. [A.S. ebba; Ger. ebbe; cog. with even.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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ebb
jussant, the reflux of the tide, or the return of it into the sea after the highest of the flood, usually termed full-sea, or high-water.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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ebb
The lineal descendant of the Anglo-Saxon ep-flod, meaning the falling reflux of the tide, or its return back from the highest of the flood, full sea, or high water. Also termed sæ-æbbung, sea-ebbing, by our progenitors. -
ebb
The sea-line of beach left dry by the tide.
