ebb

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. The receding movement of the tide.
2. A gradual decline.
3. (especially) A low state; a state of depression.
4. A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra).

Adj

low, shallow

Verb

1. (intransitive) to flow back or recede
2. (intransitive) to 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
4. (transitive) To cause to flow back.

Concetti

riflusso

bassa marea

bassa

tramonto

abassarsi

rifluire

declino

calcare

calare

decrescere

deflusso

riabbassarsi

decadenza

scendere

sinonimi

decline

low tide

decrease

subside

reflux

recede

ebb tide

wane

dry up

fall

ebb out

ebb off

dip

ebb away

fade

ebbing

set

retreat

drop

ebb down

flow back

decay

low water

fail

falling tide

climb down

degenerate

deflation

depress

descent

cipher

blench

deduct

chit

declivity

enumerate

check

bill

amelioration

dwindle

debouch

cave in

dry

dam up

drop-off

dam

calculate

evaporate

back up

downturn

Traduzioni

marée basse

Ebbe

reflux

eb

άμπωτη

baixa-mar

cezir

bajamar

maré baixa

refluxo

décliner

ebbe

ύφεση

εκπίπτω

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɛb/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: ebbe

Ereditato da inglese antico: ebba

Affine frisone occidentale: ebbe

Affine olandese: eb

Affine tedesco: Ebbe

Affine danese: ebbe

Affine norse antico: efja

Affine inglese antico: af

Ereditato da inglese medio: ebben

Ereditato da inglese antico: ebbian

In summary

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.
See also West Frisian ebbe, Dutch eb, German Ebbe, Danish ebbe, Old Norse efja (“countercurrent”), Old English af. More at of, off.