ebb

== English == === Alternative forms === ebbe === Pronunciation === enPR: ĕb, IPA(key): /ɛb/ Rhymes: -ɛb === Etymology 1 === From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó. See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af. More at of, off. ==== Noun ==== ebb (plural ebbs) The receding movement of the tide. A gradual decline. (especially in the phrase 'at a low ebb') A low state; a state of depression. A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra). ===== Antonyms ===== flood flow ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== neap tide ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== ebb (comparative ebber, superlative ebbest) low, shallow === Etymology 2 === From Middle English ebben, from Old English ebbian, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn (“to ebb”). ==== Verb ==== ebb (third-person singular simple present ebbs, present participle ebbing, simple past and past participle ebbed) (intransitive) to flow back or recede Synonyms: go out, go down, ooze, reflux, wane (intransitive) to fall away or decline (intransitive) to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb (transitive) To cause to flow back. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === BBE == Swedish == === Etymology === From Dutch or German Ebbe. === Noun === ebb c ebb, low tide Synonym: lågvatten Antonyms: flod, högvatten ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== tidvatten (“tide”) === References === ebb in Svensk ordbok (SO) ebb in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) ebb in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)