ebb
The receding movement of the tideThe receding movement of the tide.
» The tide is on the ebb.
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4 sensesThe receding movement of the tide.
The boats will go out on the ebb.
Ebbe
отли́вotlív
відпли́вvidplýv
the outward flow of the tide
A gradual decline.
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
(especially)A low state; a state of depression.
A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).
Examples
12 sentencesThe tide is on the ebb.
All my energy has ebbed away.
ruВся моя энергия угасла. — Karok
His popularity was at a low ebb.
deSeine Beliebtheit hatte einen Tiefpunkt erreicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Elation and despair ebbed and flowed in her.
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
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Origin
From Middle English ebbe, from Old English ebba (“ebb, tide”), from Proto-West Germanic *aFrom 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.
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