ebb

ebb is a 3-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The European bunting. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The European bunting.
2. noun. 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.
3. noun. The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay.
4. intransitive verb. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow.
5. intransitive verb. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
6. transitive verb. To cause to flow back.
7. adjective. Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
8. noun. the outward flow of the tide

   Synonyms: reflux

9. noun. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

   Synonyms: ebbing, wane

10. verb. fall away or decline

    "The patient's strength ebbed away"

11. verb. hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
12. verb. flow back or recede

    "the tides ebbed at noon"

Synonyms

reflux, ebbing, wane

Common word forms

ebbs, ebbed, ebbing

Words from these letters

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