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Ebbed
(gcide) | Ebb \Ebb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ebbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ebbing.] [AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See
2d Ebb.]
1. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the
ocean; -- opposed to flow.
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That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope.
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2. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to
decline; to decay; to recede.
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The hours of life ebb fast. --Blackmore.
Syn: To recede; retire; withdraw; decay; decrease; wane;
sink; lower.
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cobwebbed
(encz) | cobwebbed, |
unwebbed
(encz) | unwebbed, adj: |
webbed
(encz) | webbed,s plovací blánou Zdeněk Brož |
webbed foot
(encz) | webbed foot, n: |
blebbed
(gcide) | blebbed \blebbed\ adj.
marred by small bubbles or small particles of foreign
material; -- of glass or quartzite.
Syn: blebby.
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Cobwebbed
(gcide) | Cobwebbed \Cob"webbed`\, a.
Abounding in cobwebs. "The cobwebbed cottage." --Young.
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Nebbed
(gcide) | Nib \Nib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nebbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Nibbing.]
To furnish with a nib; to point; to mend the point of; as, to
nib a pen.
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Unwebbed
(gcide) | Unwebbed \Unwebbed\
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Webbed
(gcide) | Web \Web\ (w[e^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Webbed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Webbing.]
To unite or surround with a web, or as if with a web; to
envelop; to entangle.
[1913 Webster]Webbed \Webbed\, a.
1. Provided with a web.
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2. (Zool.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as,
the webbed feet of aquatic fowls.
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blebbed
(wn) | blebbed
adj 1: (of glass or quartzite) marred by small bubbles or small
particles of foreign material [syn: blebbed, blebby] |
unwebbed
(wn) | unwebbed
adj 1: (of the feet of some animals) not webbed; "a primitive
frog with unwebbed toes" [ant: webbed] |
webbed
(wn) | webbed
adj 1: (of the feet of some animals) having the digits connected
by a thin fold of skin [ant: unwebbed]
2: having open interstices or resembling a web [syn: lacy,
netlike, netted, webbed, weblike, webby] |
webbed foot
(wn) | webbed foot
n 1: a bird's foot with folds of skin between the toes |
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