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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