Meaning

4 senses
  1. The receding movement of the tide.

    The boats will go out on the ebb.

    Ebbe

    отли́вotlív

    відпли́вvidplýv

    the outward flow of the tide

  2. A gradual decline.

    a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

  3. (especially)A low state; a state of depression.

  4. A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).

Examples

12 sentences
  1. The tide is on the ebb.

    Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. All my energy has ebbed away.

    ruВся моя энергия угасла. — Karok

  3. His popularity was at a low ebb.

    deSeine Beliebtheit hatte einen Tiefpunkt erreicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Elation and despair ebbed and flowed in her.

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

    ruПохоже, что наши отношения пошли на спад. — venticello

    deUnsere Beziehung scheint auf dem Tiefpunkt angekommen zu sein. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
receding movement of the tide:
Русский
By meaning 1
receding movement of the tide:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
receding movement of the tide:

Origin

From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *a

From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjô, *abjǭ, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“off, away”), from Proto-Indo-European *apó.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: ebbs
Singularebb
Pluralebbs

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the outward flow of the tide:reflux
  • a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number):ebbingwane

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ebb — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto