Anagram Solver

Definitions for Ebb

[1] the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
[2] a flowing backward or away; decline or decay: the ebb of a once great nation.
[3] a point of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb.
[4] to flow back or away, as the water of a tide (opposed to flow).
[5] to decline or decay; fade away: His life is gradually ebbing.
[6] (of tide water) to flow back or recede Compare flow (def. 9)
[7] to fall away or decline
[8] the flowing back of the tide from high to low water or the period in which this takes place (as modifier ) the ebb tide Compare flood (def. 3)
[9] at a low ebb in a state or period of weakness, lack of vigour, or decline

Words related to Ebb

degenerate, slacken, wane, dwindle, lessen, recede, melt, abate, diminish, weaken, shrink, deteriorate, sweep, abatement, decrease, flagging, decay, waning, shrinkage, lessening

Words nearby Ebb

eb, eb virus, eban, ebay, ebayer, ebb, ebb and flow, ebb tide, ebbinghaus, ebbw vale, ebcdic

Origin of Ebb

before 1000; (noun) Middle English eb(be ), Old English ebba; cognate with Old Frisian ebba, Dutch eb(be ), German Ebbe ebb, Old Norse efja place where water backs up; (v.) Middle English ebben, Old English ebbian, derivative of the noun; akin to off

Other words from Ebb

un·ebbed , adjective
un·ebb·ing , adjective

Word origin for Ebb

Old English ebba; related to Old Norse efja river bend, Gothic ibuks moving backwards, Old High German ippihōn to roll backwards, Middle Dutch ebbe ebb

Synonyms for Ebb

abatement, backflow, decay, decrease, degeneration, depreciation, deterioration, diminution, drop, dwindling, flagging, lessening, recession, reflux, retreat, shrinkage, sinking, slackening, subsidence, sweep, wane, waning, weakening, withdrawal, fading away, going out, low tide, low water, outward flow, petering out, refluence, retrocession, retroflux