Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ebb
Participle: ebbed
Gerund: ebbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ebb |
| you | ebb |
| he;she;it | ebbs |
| we | ebb |
| you | ebb |
| they | ebb |
Perfect
| I | have ebbed |
| you | have ebbed |
| he;she;it | has ebbed |
| we | have ebbed |
| you | have ebbed |
| they | have ebbed |
Past
| I | ebbed |
| you | ebbed |
| he;she;it | ebbed |
| we | ebbed |
| you | ebbed |
| they | ebbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ebbed |
| you | had ebbed |
| he;she;it | had ebbed |
| we | had ebbed |
| you | had ebbed |
| they | had ebbed |
Future
| I | will ebb |
| you | will ebb |
| he;she;it | will ebb |
| we | will ebb |
| you | will ebb |
| they | will ebb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ebbed |
| you | will have ebbed |
| he;she;it | will have ebbed |
| we | will have ebbed |
| you | will have ebbed |
| they | will have ebbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ebb |
| you | ebb |
| he;she;it | ebb |
| we | ebb |
| you | ebb |
| they | ebb |
Perfect
| I | have ebbed |
| you | have ebbed |
| he;she;it | have ebbed |
| we | have ebbed |
| you | have ebbed |
| they | have ebbed |
Imperfect
| I | ebbed |
| you | ebbed |
| he;she;it | ebbed |
| we | ebbed |
| you | ebbed |
| they | ebbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had ebbed |
| you | had ebbed |
| he;she;it | had ebbed |
| we | had ebbed |
| you | had ebbed |
| they | had ebbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ebb |
| you | would ebb |
| he;she;it | would ebb |
| we | would ebb |
| you | would ebb |
| they | would ebb |
Perfect
| I | would have ebbed |
| you | would have ebbed |
| he;she;it | would have ebbed |
| we | would have ebbed |
| you | would have ebbed |
| they | would have ebbed |
Imperative
| you | ebb |
| we | Let's ebb |
| you | ebb |
Verbs conjugated like 'ebb'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ebb'
ab,
arb,
bab,
be,
bib,
bob,
bub,
cab,
cob,
cub,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- diminish in force or intensity
- abate, alleviate, assuage, decline, mitigate, relax, subside, temper, wane
- recede
- abate, retreat, retire, subside
- decline
- decay, languish, decrease, sink, wane
Antonyms
- decline
- rise, increase, improve
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English ebben, from Old English ebbian, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn (“to ebb”). See: Middle English '
ebben', Old English '
ebbian'.
Verbs referencing "ebb"
Low Saxon ebben, Esperanto
ebi.
Sample Sentences
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The tides ebbed at noon.
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The dying man's strength ebbed away.
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Parts of this town do not want a big influx of gay people and are trying to ebb it. [1977 August 20, Robin Nicholson, quotee, “7 Arrested in Undercover Raid on P'town Bar”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 1:]