Ebb

Noun

 * 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

Derived terms

 * ebb and flow
 * ebb tide

Antonyms

 * flood
 * flow

Related terms

 * tide

Verb

 * 1) to flow back or recede
 * The tides ebbed at noon.
 * 1) to fall away or decline
 * The dying man's strength ebbed away.
 * 1) to 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

Adjective

 * 1) low, shallow
 * The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. (Holland)

Adverbs for Ebb
constantly; alternately; markedly; noticeably; scarcely; partially; wholly; entirely; slowly; tragically; fatally; rapidly; lawfully; legally; reverently; strictly; soundly; literally; evangelically; faithfully; positively; infallibly; irrefutably; dogmatically; authoritatively; doctrinally; authentically; officiously; reverently; fanatically; deeply; devoutly.

Thesaurus
abate, ablate, advance, ascend, back, back up, bate, be eaten away, budge, calm, calm down, catabasis, cease, cessation, change, change place, circle, climb, collapse, comedown, consume, consume away, corrode, course, crash, crumble, dead set, dead stand, dead stop, deadlock, debasement, decadence, decadency, deceleration, declension, declination, decline, decline and fall, decrease, decrescendo, deformation, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, deliquesce, demotion, depravation, depravedness, depreciation, derogation, descend, descent, deterioration, devolution, die, die away, die down, diminish, diminuendo, direct tide, dive, downtrend, downturn, downward mobility, downward trend, drift away, drop, drop off, dwindle, dwindling, dying, dying down, ease off, ebb and flow, ebb tide, ebbing, effeteness, erode, fade, fade away, fading, fail, failing, failure, failure of nerve, fall, fall away, fall off, falling-off, flood, flood tide, flow, flow back, flow in, flow out, flush, flux, flux and reflux, full stop, full tide, get over, go, go around, go away, go down, go downhill, go off, go round, go sideways, gush, gyrate, halt, high tide, high water, hit a slump, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, involution, issue, languish, lapse, lessen, let up, lock, loss of tone, low tide, low water, lull, lunar tide, make, melt away, moderate, molder, mount, move, move away, move off, move over, neap, neap tide, opposite tide, pacify, peter out, plummet, plunge, pour, progress, pull away, quiesce, quiet, quieten, reach the depths, recede, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, regurgitate, relent, remission, retire, retreat, retrocede, retrocession, retrogradation, retrograde, retrogress, retrogression, rip, riptide, rise, rotate, run, run down, run low, rush, sag, set, shift, shrink, sink, slacken, slide, slip, slippage, slowdown, slump, soar, solar tide, soothe, spin, spring tide, stand, stand off, standstill, stillstand, stir, stop, stream, subside, subsidence, surge, surge back, tail off, thalassometer, tidal amplitude, tidal current, tidal current chart, tidal flow, tidal range, tide, tide chart, tide gate, tide gauge, tide race, tide rip, tidewater, tideway, touch bottom, tranquilize, travel, trend, wane, waning, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, whirl, widen the distance, withdraw

Etymology
ebba:, from (compare West Frisian ebbe:, Dutch eb:, German Ebbe:, Old Norse efja: ‘countercurrent’), from  (compare Old English af:). More at of, off.

Noun

 * Persian:
 * Polish: odpływ


 * Spanish: reflujo, marea


 * Armenian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: refluo, malfluso
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: odpływ
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: marea baja
 * Turkish:
 * West Frisian: ebba

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * French: ,


 * Russian: ослабевать

Noun
ebb


 * 1) low tide

Antonyms

 * flod