Definition of ebb
Nouns
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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decline, diminution
change toward something smaller or lower
Verbs
flow back or recede
"the tides ebbed at noon"
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tide
rise or move forward
- surge
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fall back
move back and away from
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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beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in, surround
surround so as to force to give up
fall away or decline
"The patient's strength ebbed away"
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recede
become faint or more distant
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