ebb
Nouns
- (n) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) ebbing, wane,
- (n) the outward flow of the tide reflux,
Verbs
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(v) flow back or recede
- the tides ebbed at noon
- (v) hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
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(v) fall away or decline
- The patient's strength ebbed away