ebb
/ɛb/
nounverb
3 letters1 syllable7 points in Scrabble®9 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS5
NOUN
1
A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number).
2
VERBThe outward flow of the tide.
1
Flow back or recede.
“the tides ebbed at noon”
2
Fall away or decline.
“The patient's strength ebbed away”
3
Hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb.
WORD FORMS
Related formebbing
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®7 points
Words With Friends®9 points
Double word14 points
Triple word21 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinebbway
Starts & ends withE … B
Syllablesebb
SYNONYMS & RELATED8
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