Defenition of the word ebb
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Defenition of the word ebb
- The tide at the point of maximum ebb.
- low back or recede; of tide water
- a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- outgoing; "ebb tide"; "low tide"
- the outward flow of the tide
- fall away or decline; "The patient''s strength ebbed away"
- hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
- flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"
- fall away or decline
- flow back or recede
Synonyms for the word ebb
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- diminish
- disappear
- ebb tide
- ebbing
- fade
- fail
- flow away
- go out
- low
- outgoing tide
- recede
- reflux
- wane
Similar words in the ebb
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- ebb
- ebbed
- ebbing
- ebbs
- receding
Meronymys for the word ebb
Hypernyms for the word ebb
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- beleaguer
- besiege
- circumvent
- decline
- diminution
- fall back
- flow
- flowing
- hem in
- recede
- retire
- surround
Antonyms for the word ebb
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