Understanding the meaning of ebb

ebb

/ɛb/

noun
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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Similar:

ebbing wane

type of:
diminution decline
verb
flow back or recede
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"the tides ebbed at noon"

Similar:

ebb away ebb down ebb off ebb out

Opposite:

tide

type of:
fall back
noun
the outward flow of the tide
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Similar:

reflux

type of:
flow flowing

part of:
ebbtide
verb
fall away or decline
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"The patient's strength ebbed away"

type of:
recede
verb
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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type of:
surround beleaguer besiege circumvent hem in

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