English

Pronunciation
�b, /eb/, /<tt>eb</tt>/
audio|en-us-ebb.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�b|-�b

Noun
ebb

1. The receding movement of the tide.
2. A gradual decline
3. low state, state of depression
4. The European bunting

Quotations
low state, state of depression
2002: A "lowest ebb" implies something singular and finite, but for many of us, born in the Depression and raised by parents distrustful of fortune, an "ebb" might easily have lasted for years. &mdash; Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker, 22 &amp; 29 Apr 2002

Synonyms
ebb-tide

Antonyms
flood
flow

Related terms
tide
ebb and flow

Translations
trans-top|low tide
Czech: odliv m
Danish: ebbe g|Danish
Dutch: eb n, ebbe n
Esperanto: refluo, malfluso
Finnish: laskuvesi, luode
French: reflux m
Frisian: ebba g|Frisian
trans-mid
German: Ebbe f
Italian: riflusso m
Spanish: reflujo m
Turkish: cezir
trans-bottom

Verb
en-verb

1. flow back or recede

#:the tides ebbed at noon

1. fall away or decline

#:The dying man's strength ebbed away

1. fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

Synonyms
ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out, reflux, wane

Translations
Dutch: wegebben (2)

Adjective
ebb

1. low, shallow

#: The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. (Holland)

Swedish

Noun
ebb c

1. low tide

Antonyms
flod

Category:Swedish nouns

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hu:ebb
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