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ebbing
(encz) | ebbing, n: |
Ebbing
(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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ebbing
(wn) | ebbing
n 1: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
[syn: ebb, ebbing, wane] |
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ebbing
(encz) | ebbing, n: |
webbing
(encz) | webbing,popruh n: Zdeněk Brož |
webbing clothes moth
(encz) | webbing clothes moth, n: |
webbing moth
(encz) | webbing moth, n: |
Unebbing
(gcide) | Unebbing \Unebbing\
See ebbing. |
Webbing
(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]Webbing \Web"bing\, n.
A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed
bottoms, etc.
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ebbing
(wn) | ebbing
n 1: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
[syn: ebb, ebbing, wane] |
webbing
(wn) | webbing
n 1: something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)
2: a narrow closely woven tape; used in upholstery or for seat
belts
3: a strong fabric woven in strips |
webbing clothes moth
(wn) | webbing clothes moth
n 1: moth that forms a web in which it lives [syn: {webbing
clothes moth}, webbing moth, Tineola bisselliella] |
webbing moth
(wn) | webbing moth
n 1: moth that forms a web in which it lives [syn: {webbing
clothes moth}, webbing moth, Tineola bisselliella] |
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