ebb

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

eb

ebbe

eb-

ebben

wegebben

laagtij

laagwater

ebtij

terugvloeien

verval

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

marée basse

Ebbe

reflux

bassa marea

riflusso

άμπωτη

bassa

baixa-mar

cezir

bajamar

tramonto

décliner

ύφεση

εκπίπτω

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɛb/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: ebbe

Overgenomen van Oudengels: ebba

Verwant aan Fries: ebbe

Verwant aan Nederlands: eb

Verwant aan Duits: Ebbe

Verwant aan Deens: ebbe

Verwant aan Oudnoors: efja

Verwant aan Oudengels: af

Overgenomen van Middelengels: ebben

Overgenomen van Oudengels: 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.