ebb

ebb
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. i. recede, fall back, outflow, withdraw; decline; waste, decay. See decrease, regression, waste. Ant., flow, increase.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. recession, decline, outward flow, shrinkage, wane, waste, reflux, reduction, lessening, ebb tide, diminution, abatement, regression, withdrawal, decrease, depreciation, decay, falling-off.
Ant. flow, increase*, rise.
v.
Syn. recede, subside, abate, retire, flow back, sink, decline, decrease, drop off, melt, fall away, peter out, wane, languish, fall off, decay, dwindle.
Ant. flow*, rise, increase.
See Synonym Study at wane .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
recede, decline, fall back, diminish, subside, decrease, wane, retreat, fade, flag, abate, withdraw.
ANT.: grow, increase, build, wax
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun The act or process of becoming less active or intense: abatement, letup, remission, slackening, subsidence, wane. See INCREASE. II verb 1. To grow or cause to grow gradually less: abate, decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, lessen, let up, peter (out), rebate, reduce, tail away (or off), taper (off). See INCREASE. 2. To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark: recede, retract, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress. See APPROACH. 3. To become or cause to become less active or intense: abate, bate, die (away, down, off, or out), ease (off or up), fall, fall off, lapse, let up, moderate, remit, slacken, slack off, subside, wane. See INCREASE.

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  • Ebb — Ebb, n. [AS. ebba; akin to Fries. ebba, D. eb, ebbe, Dan. & G. ebbe, Sw. ebb, cf. Goth. ibuks backward; prob. akin to E. even.] 1. The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; opposed to {flood}; as, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ebb — steht für: Eccentric Bottom Bracket, englisch für „exzentrisches Innenlager“ beim Fahrrad Einrichtungen der Beruflichen Bildung, gedruckter Vorläufer der Weiterbildungsdatenbank KURS Eisbären Berlin, Berliner Eishockeyclub Electric Banana Band,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ebb — Ebb, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ebbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ebbing}.] [AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See 2d {Ebb}.] 1. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; opposed to {flow}. [1913 Webster] That Power who bids… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • EBB — steht für: Eccentric Bottom Bracket, englisch für „exzentrisches Innenlager“ beim Fahrrad Einrichtungen der Beruflichen Bildung, gedruckter Vorläufer der Weiterbildungsdatenbank KURS Eisbären Berlin, Berliner Eishockeyclub Electric Banana Band,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ebb — ► NOUN ▪ the movement of the tide out to sea. ► VERB 1) (of tidewater) move away from the land; recede. 2) (often ebb away) (of an emotion or quality) gradually lessen or reduce. ● at a low ebb Cf. ↑at a low ebb …   English terms dictionary

  • Ebb — Ebb, a. Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low. [1913 Webster] The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. Holland. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ebb — Ebb, v. t. To cause to flow back. [Obs.] Ford. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ebb — ([e^]b), n. (Zo[ o]l.) The European bunting. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ebb — (n.) O.E. ebba ebb, low tide, perhaps from P.Gmc. *abjon (Cf. O.Fris. ebba, O.S. ebbiunga, M.Du. ebbe, Du. eb, Ger. Ebbe), from *ab , from PIE root *apo off, away (see APO (Cf. apo) ). The verb is O.E …   Etymology dictionary

  • ebb — [n] regression; decline abatement, backflow, decay, decrease, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, diminution, drop, dwindling, fading away, flagging, going out, lessening, low tide, low water, outward flow, petering out*, recession,… …   New thesaurus

  • ebb — [eb] n. [ME ebbe < OE ebba (common LowG, as in MLowG ebbe > Ger ebbe, OFris ebba) < Gmc * abjan, a going back < IE base * apo , from, away from > OFF1] 1. the flow of water back toward the sea, as the tide falls 2. a weakening or… …   English World dictionary

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