ebbed

US: /ˈɛbəd/
UK: /ˈɛbd/


English Vietnamese dictionary


ebb /eb/
  • danh từ
    • triều xuống ((cũng) ebb-tide)
      • ebb and flow: nước triều xuống và nước triều lên
    • thời kỳ tàn tạ, thời kỳ suy sụp
    • to be at an ebb; to be at a low ebb
      • ở trong tình hình khó khăn
    • ở trong tình trạng sút kém, đang trong thời kỳ suy sụp
    • nội động từ
      • rút, xuống (triều)
      • tàn tạ, suy sụp

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    1 recede, flow back, subside, go out, go down; fall back or away, retreat, retrocede, retire:
    The tide ebbed, leaving the boat stranded.
    2 decline, flag, decay, wane, diminish, decrease, drop, slacken, fade (away), drain (away), dwindle, peter out, waste (away), deteriorate:
    His enthusiasm for exercise is beginning to ebb.
    n.
    3 low tide, low water, ebb tide, low point:
    The rocks appear when the sea is at its ebb.
    4 decline, decay, decrease, diminution, wane, drop, slackening (off), dwindling, lessening, deterioration, degeneration:
    She was no longer willing to contend with the ebb and flow of his temper.

    Concise English dictionary


    ebbs|ebbed|ebbingeb
    noun
    +a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
    +the outward flow of the tide
    verb
    +flow back or recede
    +hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
    +fall away or decline