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Meanings of ebb in английском

португальский
diminuição
каталонский
minvament
испанский
mengua

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

        diminuição
        португальский
        baixa-mar
        испанский
        bajar

        Flow back or recede.

            baixa-mar

            The outward flow of the tide.

                  The tide at the point of maximum ebb.

                        Usage of ebb in английском
                        1
                        Like Ms Sharma's colleagues, they were forced to let hope ebb away.
                        News.com.au
                        2
                        Throughout we follow the intricate ebb and flow of the Pinochet case.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        Then it began to ebb; meeting a counter-impulse arising in Eastern Europe.
                        The Crest-Wave of Evolution / A Course of Lectures in History, G...
                        4
                        But the past 18 months saw her sink to her lowest ebb.
                        News.com.au
                        5
                        The flood-tide sets to the north, and the ebb to the south.
                        Adventures in Southern Seas: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century
                        6
                        That said, personal relationships are at a dismal ebb throughout this episode.
                        The Guardian
                        7
                        That the flow and ebb are different in different countries and seas.
                        The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2
                        8
                        The spirits of the people touched the lowest tide ebb of despair.
                        The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
                        9
                        At their lowest ebb England may be ready for Allardyce's bottom-line approach.
                        The Guardian
                        10
                        Here in London the tide of war will ebb and flow ever.
                        Wulfric the Weapon Thane: A Story of the Danish Conquest of East...
                        11
                        By September 1, the outbreak reached a peak and started to ebb.
                        Numbers rule your world: the hidden influence of probabilities a...
                        12
                        The fortunes of the South seemed to be at the lowest ebb.
                        The Scouts of Stonewall: The Story of the Great Valley Campaign
                        13
                        The ebb first came in 1555, when Spain threw out the Jesuits.
                        The Velvet Glove
                        14
                        Trade ties between Brussels and Moscow are already at a low ebb.
                        Reuters
                        15
                        The day was enticingly beautiful, and the tide was on the ebb.
                        The Law and the Lady
                        16
                        The fine arts are necessarily at a very low ebb in Servia.
                        Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family / or, A Residence...
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                        Translations for ebb
                        португальский
                        diminuiçãoabatimentobaixa-mar
                        каталонский
                        minvamentminva
                        испанский
                        menguabajar
                        Ebb through the time
                        Ebb across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common