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Definition: Ebbing |
EbbingNoun1. A gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ebbing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: EbbingSynonyms: ebb (n), wane (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Nonincrease, Decrease | Subsidence, wane, ebb, decline; ebbing; descent; decrement, reflux, depreciation; deterioration; anticlimax; mitigation; (moderation). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ebbing |
| English words defined with "ebbing": Down the sound ♦ Reciprocal terms, Refluent ♦ scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ebbing": ebb delta, ebbing and flowing spring ♦ tidal pool, tide pool. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Ebbing Tide (1915) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Consciousness of place came ebbing back to him slowly over a vast tract of time unlit, unfelt, unlived. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Ebbing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 70.59% of the time. "Ebbing" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 70.59% | 36 | 57,479 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 17.65% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.76% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 51 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ebbing" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ebbing | Last name | 130 | 57,479 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "ebbing": ebbing and flowing spring. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ebbing | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ebbing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 衰退 (Ebb, Ebbed). (various references) | |
Danish | periodisk kilde (ebbing and flowing spring). (various references) | |
Dutch | periodieke bron (ebbing and flowing spring). (various references) | |
Finnish | jaksoittainen lähde (ebbing and flowing spring). (various references) | |
French | source périodique (ebbing and flowing spring). (various references) | |
German | verebbend (ebbing away). (various references) | |
Greek | περιοδική πηγή (ebbing and flowing spring). (various references) | |
Italian | ritirando, rifluendo. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 浮き沈み (bobbing up and down, ebbing and flowing, rising and falling). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | うきしずみ (bobbing up and down, ebbing and flowing, rising and falling). (various references) | |
Korean | 약해짐 (weakening). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ebbingay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fonte periódica (ebbing and flowing spring). (various references) | |
Scottish | tr ghadh (ebbing as tide). (various references) | |
Spanish | manantial periódico (ebbing and flowing spring). (various references) | |
Swedish | periodiskt källsprång (ebbing and flowing spring). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | recedentia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ebbing": cobwebbing, webbing. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ebbing": webbings. (additional references) | |
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"Ebbing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abbing, ebbings, ebin, Ebing, Ebling. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ebbing" (pronounced e"bing) |
| 4 | e" b i ng | webbing. |
| 3 | -b i ng | absorbing, bobbing, bribing, clubbing, curbing, dabbing, describing, disturbing, drubbing, dubbing, gabbing, grabbing, hobbing, hobnobbing, jabbing, lobbing, nabbing, prescribing, probing, ribbing, robbing, rubbing, scrubbing, snubbing, sobbing, stabbing, subbing, subscribing, tabbing, throbbing, transcribing, tubing. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-e-g-i-n" | |
-1 letter: begin, being, binge. | |
-2 letters: bine, gibe, gien. | |
-3 letters: beg, ben, bib, big, bin, ebb, eng, gen, gib, gie, gin, neb, nib. | |
-4 letters: be, bi, en, in, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-e-g-i-n" | |
+1 letter: webbing. | |
+2 letters: pebbling, webbings. | |
+3 letters: barbering, bedaubing, bedumbing, benumbing, demobbing, gibbering, gibbeting, jabbering, rabbeting, redubbing, rehabbing, rubbering, yabbering. | |
+4 letters: barbecuing, barbequing, beblooding, bedabbling, bejumbling, belaboring, blabbering, blubbering, clabbering, clobbering, cobwebbing, gibbetting, grubbiness, prefabbing, slabbering, slobbering, slubbering. | |
+5 letters: bearbaiting, belabouring, bobsledding, browbeating, divebombing, firebombing, gibberellin, grandbabies, overdubbing, reabsorbing, rubberizing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 62 62 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -... -... .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100010 01100010 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E b b i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0062 0062 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)396868758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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