Associations to the word «Ebb»
Noun
- Tide
- Flow
- Flood
- Fortune
- Surge
- Inlet
- Shore
- Cabaret
- Breeze
- Sea
- Wave
- Sand
- Fathom
- Shoal
- Liza
- Vitality
- Fred
- Current
- Prism
- Delta
- Estuary
- Ocean
- Water
- Sediment
- Anchor
- Knot
- Drift
- Strength
- Stevenson
- Mud
- Lyric
- Sail
- Tension
- Fury
- Wind
- Stream
- Moon
- Sorrow
- Strait
- Harbour
- Weigh
- Clock
- Boat
- Barrier
- Velocity
- Channel
- Pier
- Afternoon
- Lyricist
- Coloring
- Marsh
- Swell
- Throat
- Tumult
- Tack
- Easterly
- Tyrol
- Roaring
- Buoy
- Mccarthy
- Panic
- Rapidity
Adjective
Wiktionary
EBB, noun. The receding movement of the tide.
EBB, noun. A gradual decline.
EBB, noun. A low state; a state of depression.
EBB, noun. A European bunting, Emberiza miliaria.
EBB, verb. To flow back or recede
EBB, verb. To fall away or decline
EBB, verb. To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
EBB, verb. (transitive) To cause to flow back.
EBB, adjective. Low, shallow
EBB AND FLOW, noun. The flowing out and in of the tide.
EBB AND FLOW, noun. (figuratively) A large flowing out and in.
EBB AND FLOW, verb. To alternately ebb and flow.
EBB TIDE, noun. The period between high tide and the next low tide in which the sea is receding.
EBB TIDES, noun. Plural of ebb tide
Dictionary definition
EBB, noun. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
EBB, noun. The outward flow of the tide.
EBB, verb. Flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon".
EBB, verb. Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb.
EBB, verb. Fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away".
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