Sekirov Dictionary

ebb

/ɛb/

noun 4
verb 4
adjective 1
forms 6
phrases 1

noun4

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The receding movement of the tide.
- The boats will go out on the ebb.
•
A gradual decline.
- Thus all the treasure of our flowing years, / Our ebb of life for ever takes away. — 1684
•
A low state; a state of depression.
- Painting was then at its lowest ebb. — 1695
A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).

verb4

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to flow back or recede
- The tides ebbed at noon.
•
to fall away or decline
- The dying man's strength ebbed away.
•
To cause to flow back.
- Parts of this town do not want a big influx of gay people and are trying to ebb it. — 1977
to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

adjective1

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low, shallow
- All the sea lying betweene, is verie ebbe, full of shallowes and shelves — 1601

forms

ebbed · ebbing · ebbeth · ebbs · ebber · ebbest

Phrases with ebb

at a low ebb
At a low point; in a poor state; in a state of decline or depression.

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