SkyfireDict

ebb   (TTS Sound)

The noun ebb has 2 senses

• ebb, ebbing, wane -- (a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number))


• ebb, reflux -- (the outward flow of the tide)

The verb ebb has 3 senses

• ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off -- (flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon")


• ebb -- (hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb)


• ebb -- (fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away")