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Noun ebb has 2 senses
- ebb, ebbing, wane - a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
--1 is a kind of decline, diminution
- ebb, reflux - the outward flow of the tide
--2 is a kind of flow, flowing
--2 is a part of ebbtide
Verb ebb has 3 senses
- ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off - flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"
--1 is one way to recede, fall back, retire
Antonyms: tide, surge
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- ebb - hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
--2 is one way to besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in, circumvent
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- ebb - fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
--3 is one way to recede
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