Ebb

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Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 Quotations 2.2 Synonym 2.3 Antonym 2.4 Related words 2.5 Translations 3 Verb 3.1 Synonyms 3.2 Translations 4 Adjective

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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

Synonym

ebb-tide

Antonym

flood, flow

Related words

tide, ebb and flow

Translations

• Danish: ebbe
• Dutch: eb n, ebbe n
• Esperanto: refluo, malfluso
• French: reflux m
• Frisian: ebba
• German: Ebbe f
• Turkish: cezir

Verb

to ebb (ebbed, 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)