English-Finnish translations for ebb

• luode
• laskuvesi

Definition of ebb

• The receding movement of the tide
• A gradual decline
• A low state; a state of depression
• A European bunting, the corn bunting (, syns. ,
• to flow back or recede
• to fall away or decline
• to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
• low, shallow

Synonyms

• ebb away
• ebb down
• ebb off
• ebb out
• reflux
• wane

Examples

• The boats will go out on the ebb.
• The tides ebbed at noon
• The dying mans strength ebbed away

Related words

• pebble
• pebbles
• rebbe
• webbed
• webbing
• nebbish
• Debby
• cobwebby
• pebbly