ebb
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Is ebb a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of ebb?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (especially in the phrase 'at a low ebb') A low state; a state of depression.Examples: "Painting was then at its lowest ebb."; "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."; "The 1987 book British Piers was written at a time when Britain's seaside resorts were perhaps at their lowest ebb, with a groundswell of support for rejuvenation and conservation just beginning."especially
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) to flow back or recedeExamples: "The tides ebbed at noon."Synonyms: go out, go down, ooze, reflux, waneintransitive
2. (intransitive) to fall away or declineExamples: "The dying man's strength ebbed away."intransitive
3. (intransitive) to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebbintransitive
4. (transitive) To cause to flow back.Examples: "Parts of this town do not want a big influx of gay people and are trying to ebb it."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary