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1. ebb
verb. ['ˈɛb'] flow back or recede.
Etymology
- ebbe (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ebba (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Ebb
- streb
- celeb
- greb
- web
- jeb
- deb
Sentences with ebb
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Expect to experience a wide range of intense emotions that ebb and flow.
2. Noun, singular or mass
The ebb and flow of investment results may concentrate too much money in a few investment types.
3. Verb, 3rd person singular present
As you feel the stress ebb away, you will be aware of increased energy taking its place.
4. Verb, base form
The first sign of heat exhaustion is a drastic spike in pulse rate that doesn't ebb.
Quotes about ebb
1. Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.
- Bruce Barton
2. Indeed there has never been any explanation of the ebb and flow in our veins--of happiness and unhappiness.
- Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room
3. For this is Wisdom; to love, to liveTo take what fate, or the Gods may give.To ask no question, to make no prayer,To kiss the lips and caress the hair,Speed passion's ebb as you greet its flowTo have, -to hold -and -in time, -let go!
- Laurence Hope
2. ebb
noun. ['ˈɛb'] the outward flow of the tide.
Etymology
- ebbe (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ebba (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. ebb
verb. ['ˈɛb'] hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb.
Antonyms
Etymology
- ebbe (Middle English (1100-1500))
- ebba (Old English (ca. 450-1100))