1syllable
ebbs
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Definitions ofebbs
1noun
- The receding movement of the tide.
Example: "The boats will go out on the ebb."
- A gradual decline.
- A low state; a state of depression.
- A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
1verb
- To flow back or recede
Example: "The tides ebbed at noon."
- To fall away or decline
Example: "The dying man's strength ebbed away."
- To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
- To cause to flow back.
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