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ebbed

 
Verb ebb has 3 senses
  1. 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
    Derived form: noun ebb2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. 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
  3. ebb - fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"
    --3 is one way to
    recede
    Derived forms: noun ebb1, noun ebbing1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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