ebb
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
Types & categories
- diminution hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
flow back or recede
the tides ebbed at noon
Types & categories
- fall back hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the outward flow of the tide
Types & categories
- flow hypernym
Parts & wholes
- ebbtide part holonym
Related & opposite
- ebb derivation
Sense 4 verb
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
Types & categories
- besiege hypernym
Sense 5 verb
fall away or decline
The patient's strength ebbed away
Types & categories
- recede hypernym
Related & opposite
- ebb derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wane |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wane |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ebb |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | diminution |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | tide |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ebb |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fall back |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ebb |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ebbtide |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | flow |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | besiege |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ebb |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | recede |