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nouna gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)type of:
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"the tides ebbed at noon"verbflow back or recedeOpposite:type of:
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nounthe outward flow of the tide
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"The patient's strength ebbed away"verbfall away or declinetype of:
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verbhem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebbtype of:
Examples of ebb
- "the tides ebbed at noon"
- "The patient's strength ebbed away"