Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To flow back or recede

    The tides ebbed at noon.

    flow back or recede

  2. (intransitive)To fall away or decline

    The dying man's strength ebbed away.

    ebben, abebben

    ослабеватьoslabevatʹ

    fall away or decline

  3. (intransitive)To fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

    hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

  4. (transitive)To cause to flow back.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. The tide is on the ebb.

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  2. All my energy has ebbed away.

    ruВся моя энергия угасла.

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  3. His popularity was at a low ebb.

    deSeine Beliebtheit hatte einen Tiefpunkt erreicht.

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  4. Elation and despair ebbed and flowed in her.

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  5. Relations between us seem to be on the ebb.

    ruПохоже, что наши отношения пошли на спад.

    deUnsere Beziehung scheint auf dem Tiefpunkt angekommen zu sein.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to fall away or decline:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to fall away or decline:

Origin

From Middle English ebben, from Old English ebbian, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn (“to

From Middle English ebben, from Old English ebbian, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjōn (“to ebb”).

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Forms

ebbs, ebbing, ebbed, ebbed
Base formebb · to ebb
3rd person singularebbs
Present participleebbing
Past simpleebbed
Past participleebbed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyebb
he, she, itebbs

Past simpleLesson

all personsebbed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ebbed
he, she, ithas ebbed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ebb

Synonyms

9 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedebbing
Derivedunebbing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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