ebb

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
• Syn:
ebbing, wane
• Derivationally related forms:
wane (for: wane), ebb (for: ebbing)
• Hypernyms:
decline, diminution
2. the outward flow of the tide
• Syn:
reflux
• Hypernyms:
flow, flowing
• Part Holonyms:
ebbtide

II - verb

1. flow back or recede (Freq. 1)
- the tides ebbed at noon
• Syn:
ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off
• Ant:
tide
• Hypernyms:
fall back
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
• Hypernyms:
besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. fall away or decline
- The patient's strength ebbed away
• Derivationally related forms:
ebbing
• Hypernyms:
recede
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  reflux, ebbing, wane, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  tide, surge