ebb
verb/eb/
/eb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ebb | /eb/ /eb/ |
| he / she / it ebbs | /ebz/ /ebz/ |
| past simple ebbed | /ebd/ /ebd/ |
| past participle ebbed | /ebd/ /ebd/ |
| -ing form ebbing | /ˈebɪŋ/ /ˈebɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (formal) (of the tide in the sea) to move away from the land synonym go out (2) opposite flow
- [intransitive] ebb (away) to become gradually weaker or less synonym decrease
- The pain was ebbing.
- As night fell, our enthusiasm began to ebb away.
Extra Examples- Her strength began to ebb.
- Calla felt her fear slowly ebbing away.
- He knew that his life was ebbing away.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- away
- slowly
- begin to
- seem to
Word OriginOld English ebba (noun), ebbian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ebbe (noun), ebben (verb), and ultimately to of which had the primary sense ‘away from’.
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