English-Thai Dictionary

ebb

N การ ลดลง  diminution lessening kan-lod-ra-ka

 

ebb

VI ลดลง (น้ำทะเล (กระแสน้ำ  ลง จาก ฝั่ง  flow back recede lod-long

 

ebb

VI ลดลง  น้อยลง  เสื่อม ลง  แย่ ลง  decline decrease deminish lod-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EBB

n.The reflux of the tide; the return of tidewater towards the sea; opposed to flood or flowing. 1. Decline; decay; a falling from a better to a worse state; as the ebb of life; the ebb of prosperity.

 

EBB

v.i.To flow back; to return as the water of a tide towards the ocean; opposed to flow. The tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty four hours. 1. To decay; to decline; to return or fall back from a better to a worse state.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EBB

EBB Ebb, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The European bunting.

 

EBB

Ebb, n. Etym: [AS. ebba; akin to Fries. ebba, D. eb, ebbe, Dan. & G.ebbe, Sw. ebb, cf. Goth. ibuks backward; prob. akin to E. even. ]

 

1. The reflux or flowing back of the tide; the return of the tidal wave toward the sea; -- opposed to flood; as, the boats will go out on the ebb. Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow Claspest the limits of morality! Shelley.

 

2. The state or time of passing away; a falling from a better to a worse state; low state or condition; decline; decay. "Our ebb of life. " Roscommon. Painting was then at its lowest ebb. Dryden. Ebb and flow, the alternate ebb and flood of the tide; often used figuratively. This alternation between unhealthy activity and depression, this ebb and flow of the industrial. A. T. Hadley.

 

EBB

Ebb, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ebbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ebbing. ] Etym: [AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See 2d Ebb. ]

 

1. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the ocean; -- opposed to flow. That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. Pope.

 

2. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede. The hours of life ebb fast. Blackmore.

 

Syn. -- To recede; retire; withdraw; decay; decrease; wane; sink; lower.

 

EBB

EBB Ebb, v. t.

 

Defn: To cause to flow back. [Obs. ] Ford.

 

EBB

EBB Ebb, a.

 

Defn: Receding; going out; falling; shallow; low. The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. Holland.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ebb

ebb |eb ɛb | ▶noun (usu. the ebb ) the movement of the tide out to sea: I knew the tide would be on the ebb | [ as modifier ] : the ebb tide. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (of tidewater ) move away from the land; recede: the tide began to ebb. Compare with flow. 2 (of an emotion or quality ) gradually lessen or reduce: my enthusiasm was ebbing away . PHRASES at a low ebb in a poor state: the country was at a low ebb due to the recent war. ebb and flow a recurrent or rhythmical pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth. ORIGIN Old English ebba (noun ), ebbian (verb ); related to Dutch ebbe (noun ), ebben (verb ), and ultimately to of, which had the primary sense ‘away from. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ebb

ebb |ɛb | ▶noun (usu. the ebb ) the movement of the tide out to sea: the tide was on the ebb | [ as modifier ] : the ebb tide. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (of tidewater ) move away from the land; recede: the tide began to ebb. Compare with flow. 2 (of an emotion or quality ) gradually decrease: my enthusiasm was ebbing away . PHRASES at a low ebb in a weakened or depressed state: the country was at a low ebb due to the recent war. ebb and flow a recurrent pattern of coming and going or decline and regrowth. ORIGIN Old English ebba (noun ), ebbian (verb ), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ebbe (noun ), ebben (verb ), and ultimately to of which had the primary sense ‘away from ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ebb

ebb verb 1 the tide ebbed: recede, go out, retreat, flow back, fall back /away, subside. ANTONYMS come in. 2 his courage began to ebb: diminish, dwindle, wane, fade away, peter out, decline, flag, let up, decrease, weaken, disappear. ANTONYMS increase, intensify. ▶noun 1 the ebb of the tide: receding, retreat, subsiding. 2 the ebb of the fighting: abatement, subsiding, easing, dying down, de-escalation, decrease, decline, diminution.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ebb

ebb verb 1 the tide ebbed in the afternoon: recede, go out, retreat, flow back, draw back, fall back, fall away, abate, subside; rare retrocede. ANTONYMS come in. 2 his courage began to ebb: diminish, dwindle, wane, fade away, melt away, peter out, decline, die away, die down, die out, flag, let up, lessen, decrease, weaken, dissolve, disappear, come to an end; deteriorate, decay, degenerate; archaic remit. ANTONYMS increase, intensify. ▶noun 1 the rocks were revealed by the ebb of the tide: receding, going out, flowing back, retreat, retreating, drawing back, abating, subsiding; rare retrocession. 2 they welcomed the ebb of the fighting: abatement, subsiding, easing, waning, dwindling, petering out, dying away, dying down, dying out, fading away, de-escalation, decrease, decline, diminution, diminishing, lessening. ANTONYMS intensification.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ebb

ebb /eb /名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 引き潮 , 下げ潮 , 退潮 (ebb tide )(↔flood tide , flow )▸ the ebb and flow of the tide 潮の引き差し [干満 ]2 衰退 [減退 ](期 )▸ at a low ebb 衰退 [低迷 ]して ▸ the ebb and flow of life 人生の盛衰 動詞 自動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈潮が 〉引く (away )(↔flow ).2 ｟かたく ｠〈力 人気 感情などが 〉 (潮が引くように )衰退 [減退 ]する , 衰える (away ).