Crossword-Solution: EBB
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ebb | n. | The European bunting. |
| Ebb | n. | The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb. |
| Ebb | n. | The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay. |
| Ebb | v. i. | To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow. |
| Ebb | v. i. | To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede. |
| Ebb | v. t. | To cause to flow back. |
| Ebb | a. | Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| EBB | anagram | BBE |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETER
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Sentences with EBB (5)
She became more or less red in the cheek, the blood wavering in uncertain flux and reflux over the sensitive space between ebb and flood.
Dimmesdale effected an arrangement by which the two were lodged in the same house; so that every ebb and flow of the minister’s life-tide might pass under the eye of his anxious and attached physician.
Though his powers of execution were at such a low ebb, he used to play at this sonata for his pupil and managed to give her some idea of its beauty.
This he fastened to a small tree which grew at the top of a low bank, for the tide was at flood, and he feared that the boat might carry them all out to sea again with the ebb, since it was quite likely that it would be beyond his strength to get Jane Porter to the shore for several hours.
Here they experienced considerable difficulty in making an entrance against the combined current and ebb tide, but by taking advantage of eddies close in to shore they came about dusk to a point nearly opposite the spot where they had left the pack asleep.
Quotes with EBB (3)
For this is Wisdom; to love, to live To 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 flow To have, -to hold -and -in time, -let go!
Indeed there has never been any explanation of the ebb and flow in our veins--of happiness and unhappiness.
The idea of immortality, that like a sea has ebbed and flowed in the human heart, with its countless waves of hope and fear, beating against the shores and rocks of time and fate, was not born of any book, nor of any creed, nor of any religion. It was born of human affection, and it will continue to ebb and flow beneath the mists and clouds of doubt and darkness as long as love kisses the lips of death. It is the rainbow — Hope shining upon the tears of grief.
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Used 1,083 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).