See ebb in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"enpr": "ĕb"
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛb/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-ebb.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/En-us-ebb.ogg/En-us-ebb.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/En-us-ebb.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛb"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "ebb away"
},
{
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "ebb down"
},
{
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "ebb off"
},
{
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "ebb out"
},
{
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "reflux"
},
{
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "wane"
},
{
"word": "ebbe"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "spadam",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "спадам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "baixar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "retirar-se"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "refluir (la marea)"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "減退"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gaam² teoi³",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "减退"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "wegebben"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "refluer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "décliner"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "vazar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "devalar"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "daḳnineba",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "დაკნინება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dakveiteba",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "დაქვეითება"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "regresi",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "რეგრესი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "ebben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "abebben"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ámpoti",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "άμπωτη"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "apad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "hanyatlik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "fogy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "fogyatkozik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "gyengül"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "tráigh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of the tide",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "heke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "tāwhati"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of the tide",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "keketu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of the tide",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "timu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "of the tide",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "tiremi"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "ebben"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "vazar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "refluir"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oslabevatʹ",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "ослабевать"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to fall away or decline",
"word": "ebba"
}
],
"word": "ebb"
}
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