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Meaning ebb meaning

What does ebb mean?

ebb

— verb flow back or recede the tides ebbed at noon — verb hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb — verb fall away or decline The patient's strength ebbed away — noun a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) — noun the outward flow of the tide

Synonyms ebb synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as ebb?

ebb English » English

decline low tide decrease subside reflux recede ebb tide wane fall dry up ebb out ebb off set retreat low water flow back falling tide fail fade ebbing ebb down ebb away drop dip decay yield work out weaken trim down tide way taper off tap tally subduce stem staunch stanch slums sluice slacken sinking retrograde relent relapse regress refluence reckon recession rebate rack

EBB English » English

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Topics ebb topics

What do people use ebb to talk about?
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Tide
States Quantity More

Decrease
States Quantity All

Most, least

Conjugation ebb conjugation

How do you conjugate ebb?

ebb · verb

Examples ebb examples

How do I use ebb in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Relations between us seem to be on the ebb.
She has been with me through the ebb and flow of my fortunes.
Every tide has its ebb.

Movie subtitles

So that life may ebb cleanly.
Three minutes ahead of schedule, but the ebb tide and currents are stronger than predicted.
A marlinespike in the dark, your body rolling in the scuppers a splash carried out on the ebb tide.
A sharp blow on the head a quick heave over the side, body carried out on the ebb tide. - Perhaps never to be recovered.
It's true I was fortunate enough to stumble on them, shall we say, - when they were at their lowest ebb.
Rex and I are at a very low ebb after last night.
It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity. It is ecological balance!
Things just ebb away, don't they?
What greatness has not flowed on the ebb of that river into the mystery of an unknown earth?
Keeping an eye on the ebb and flow of things?
I'll get you, Ebb!
The ebb and flow of the Atlantic tides, the drift of the continents, the very position of the sun along its ecliptic. These are just a few of the things I control in my world.
People here follow the ebb and flow of the river learned in the journey of a lifetime.
The ebb and the flow of it. from a breeze to nothing, and then wind again.
Sailed this evening on the ebb tide.
Only the dull apathy of despair a torn and bleeding nation at the lowest ebb in its history.
Flo, ebb a little.
Especially now, at the ebb-tide of my life.
Slack ebb begins 2325.
It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity, it is ecological balance.
The ebb tide is due in two hours now.
They are the absolute lowest ebb. Hey, listen to you, white bread.
The stress curve for him is at its low ebb.
Prostitution on the streets is at a low ebb in the wake of these killings.
Already your strength begins to ebb.
It is ebb and flow, tidal gravity.
At ebb-tide?
Myself am Naples, who with mine eyes, never since at ebb, beheld The King my father wreck'd.
It seems then this ebb and flow thing sets in.
Ah, yes-- my lowest ebb.
Any of you who have lost a parent knows how wrenching it is to see your mother or your father's life ebb.
So does this mean the ebb is over? -For now.
You've never been with anybody long enough to know this. but there is a certain ebb and flow that happens.
It's just a normal ebb.
How long does a normal ebb last?
I don't know, but that's the kind of question that prolongs the standard ebb.

News and current affairs

With American influence at low ebb, the world is in danger of sliding into a vicious cycle of escalating violence.
It is unlikely that Musharraf's latest gambit will succeed, as his popular support is at its lowest ebb.
Beyond NATO, which remains important even at a low ebb, the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership offers a potent opportunity to shape a rule-based international order.
Its popularity can ebb quickly when it becomes associated with crippling and systemic failure, whether on the battlefield - as in France in 1940 - or in the corporate boardroom and on the factory floor.
It is time to accept the reality that, like the waves on the seas that many of the migrants traverse, the ebb and flow of human movement cannot be stopped.
But the ebb and flow can unsettle established politics - for example, when centrist parties move to the right to lure voters away from more extreme parties.
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