The Anglish Moot
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Old English sb English
Ebb n The influx of the tide. 2. transfig. and fig. the flowing away, backwards or downwards; decline, decay; changing from a better position to a worse position. 3. appearance or condition of decline or depression. 4. the shallows. 5. the shallow side of a vessel.
Ebb vb To flow back or recede; to alternately ebb and flow. 2. to fall away or decline. 3. to cause to flow back. 4. to fish with stakes and nets to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb.
Ebb phr "At Ebb" - to be dry.
Ebb phr "Be at An Ebb" - at a low or lowest ebb; nadir.
Ebb phr "Ebb and Flow" - the flowing out and in of the tide. 2. fig. a large flowing in and out. 3. move backwards and forwards regularly and continuously as the tides of the sea do, sometimes decreasing and sometimes increasing in quantity. 4. constantly movement (of somebody or something) changing the quantity throughout a period of time. 5. the decrease and increase in intensity of conversation, noise, abstract ideas.
Ebb phr "Ebb Away" - flow back and recede slowly, fade.
Ebb phr "Ebb Down" - flow back and recede.
Ebb phr "Ebb Off" - flow back and recede.
Ebb phr "On the Ebb" - in decline.
Ebbed adj Of water, wells: shallow, ebb-tide, not deep; having a slight supply.
Ebbed adj That has flowed back. 2. that which has been left dry by the falling tide.
Ebberly adv Manifestingly, flagrantly.
Ebbiness n Shallowness
Ebbing n The action of something that ebbs and flows. 2. a gradual decline (in size or strength, power or number).
Ebbing adj That ebbs, recedes, or flows back.
Ebbish adj Very shallow.
Ebbishly adv Flowing in a very shallow way.
Ebbless adj Not liable to ebb, or to fall to a low point. 2. having no tendency to ebb or flow back.
Ebbness n Shallowness; state or condition of flowing back.
Ebbtide n The tide while water is flowing out. 2. the regular movement of the sea away from the coast.
Ebbtime n The tide while water is flowing out. 2. the regular movement of the sea away from the coast.
Ebby adj Having an ebb or receding direction.
Eber adj OE: aeblere. manifest, open, flagrant, unconcealed as in 'ebere morth' - see 'abere-murder'.
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