The meaning of EBB is the reflux of the tide toward the sea. How to use ebb in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ebb.

EBBED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of ebb 2. When the sea or tide ebbs, it moves away from the…. Learn more.

Synonyms for EBBED: deteriorated, worsened, crumbled, descended, declined, diminished, sunk, degenerated; Antonyms of EBBED: improved, intensified, ameliorated, upgraded, strengthened, enhanced, heightened, meliorated

When something ebbs, it is declining, falling, or flowing away. The best time to look for sea creatures in tidal pools is when the tide is on the ebb — meaning it has receded from the shore.

1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea. 2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay. 3. a point or state of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb. 4. to flow back or away, as the water of a tide. 5. to decline or decay; fade away.

We decided to leave on the ebb at six o'clock next morning. If someone's life, support, or feeling ebbs, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. ...as a man's physical strength ebbs. [VERB] Were there occasions when enthusiasm ebbed? [VERB] Ebb away means the same as ebb. His little girl's life ebbed away. [VERB PARTICLE]

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What does the adjective ebbed mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective ebbed . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Ebbed definition: Simple past tense and past participle of <i><a>ebb.</a></i>.

to flow back or away, as the water of a tide ( flow ). His life is gradually ebbing. before 1000; (noun) Middle English eb ( be ), Old English ebba; cognate with Old Frisian ebba, Dutch eb ( …