EBBED Antonyms

• being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful

• (used of societies) having high industrial development

• (of real estate) made more useful and profitable as by building or laying out roads

• (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells

• as of a photograph; made larger

• larger than normal

• enlarged to an abnormal degree

• increased in extent or size or bulk or scope

• made greater in size or amount or degree

• (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon

• increase in extent or intensity

• the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

• the amount of fluid that flows in a given time

• the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

• any uninterrupted stream or discharge

• something that resembles a flowing stream in moving continuously

• dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas

• the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause

• move or progress freely as if in a stream

• move along, of liquids

• cause to flow

• be abundantly present

• fall or flow in a certain way

• cover or swamp with water

• undergo menstruation

• pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

• become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain

• increase in size by natural process

• cause to grow or develop

• develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• grow emotionally or mature

• become attached by or as if by the process of growth

• a sudden forceful flow

• a sudden or abrupt strong increase

• a large sea wave

• rise and move, as in waves or billows

• rise rapidly

• rise or move forward

• rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave

• see one's performance improve

• the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

• something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)

• there are usually two high and two low tides each day

• rise or move forward

• cause to float with the tide

• be carried with the tide