ebb

ebb

1. luode, laskuvesi

Liittyvät sanat: flod, högvatten

Synonyymisanakirja

ebb

luode, pakovesi, laskuvesi, virtaaminen, vetäytyä, väistyä, heiketä, piirittää, saartaa, ympäröidä, motittaa, padota, laskea, virrata ulos, perääntyä.

Englannin sanakirja

ebb (englanti > suomi)

1. laskuvesi, luode

ebb englanniksi

1. The receding movement of the tide.

The boats will go out on the ebb.

2. (rfdate) Shelley

Thou shoreless flood which in thy ebb and flow / Claspest the limits of morality!

3. A gradual decline.

4. (rfdate) (w)

Thus all the treasure of our flowing years, / Our ebb of life for ever takes away.

5. Shelley, Mary, (w)

This reflection thawed my congealing blood, and again the tide of life and love flowed impetuously onward, again to ebb as my busy thoughts changed.

6. A low state; a state of depression.

Painting was then at its lowest ebb.

7. 2002, (w), The New Yorker, 22 & 29 April

A "lowest ebb" implies something singular and finite, but for many of us, born in the Depression and raised by parents distrustful of fortune, an "ebb" might easily have lasted for years.

8. A European bunting, the corn bunting ((taxlink), syn. (taxlink), (taxlink)).

9. puhekieltä to flow back or recede

The tides ebbed at noon.

10. puhekieltä to fall away or decline

The dying mans strength ebbed away''.

11. puhekieltä to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

12. puhekieltä To cause to flow back.

(rfquotek)

13. low, shallow

The water there is otherwise very low and ebb. (Holland)

14. low tide

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