EBB
\ˈɛb], \ˈɛb], \ˈɛ_b]\
Definitions of EBB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
By Princeton University
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a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
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To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
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To cause to flow back.
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Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
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The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; - opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.
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To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; - opposed to flow.
By Oddity Software
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The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
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To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
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To cause to flow back.
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Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
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The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; - opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb.
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To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; - opposed to flow.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald