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1. (n.) ebb
the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea.
2. ebb
a flowing backward or away; decline or decay.
3. ebb
a point or state of decline:
His fortunes were at a low ebb.
4. (v.i.) ebb
to flow back or away, as the water of a tide.
5. ebb
to decline or decay; fade away.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME eb(be), OE ebba)
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1. (noun) ebb, ebbing, wane
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
2. (verb) ebb, reflux
the outward flow of the tide
3. (verb) ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off
flow back or recede
"the tides ebbed at noon"
4. (verb) ebb
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
5. (verb) ebb
fall away or decline
"The patient's strength ebbed away"
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1. (adj) EBB
receding; going out; falling; shallow; low
2. (noun) EBB
the European bunting
3. (noun) EBB
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
4. (noun) EBB
the state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay
5. (verb) EBB
to flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow
6. (verb) EBB
to return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede
7. (verb) EBB
to cause to flow back
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Sense: (of the tide) to go out from the land
The tide began to ebb.
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 Afrikaans: eb, laaggety |
 Arabic: يَنْحَسِرُ المَد |
 Bulgarian: оттеглям се |
 Brazilian: recuar |
 Czech: klesat |
 German: fallen |
 Danish: trække sig tilbage |
 Greek: υποχωρώ (για τα νερά της |
 Spanish: bajar |
 Estonian: mõõnama |
 Farsi: فرو نشستن؛ پس رفتن |
 Finnish: laskea |
 French: descendre |
 Hebrew: לסגת |
 Hindi: भाटा, बह जाना |
 Croatian: oseka |
 Indonesian: surut |
 Icelandic: fjaraút |
 Italian: calare, abbassarsi |
 Japanese: 引く |
 Korean: 간조가 되다 |
 Lithuanian: (at)slūgti |
 Latvian: atplūst |
 Malay: surut |
 Dutch: ebben |
 Norwegian: ebbe |
 Polish: odpływać, ustępować |
 Persian: فرو نشستن؛ پس رفتن |
 Pashto: جزر، دڅپې بيرته ستنېدنه ( |
 Portuguese: vazar |
 Romanian: a se retrage |
 Russian: убывать |
 Slovak: klesať |
 Slovenian: upadati (oseka) |
 Serbian: opadati |
 Swedish: ebba |
 Thai: น้ำลด; การไหลกลับของกระแส |
 Turkish: alçalmak, çekilmek |
 Taiwanese: 退潮 |
 Ukrainian: убувати, спадати |
 Urdu: سمندر کی موجوں کا پیچھے ل |
 Vietnamese: thuỷ triều xuống |
 Chinese: 退潮 |
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