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Ebb

ɛb

Ebb definitions

noun

Inflections:

ebb

the movement of the tide out to sea

"the tide was on the ebb"

Synonyms:
receding going out flowing back retreat retreating drawing back abating subsiding

verb

Inflections:

ebb ebbed ebbing ebbs

(of tidewater) move away from the land; recede

"the tide began to ebb"

Synonyms:
recede go out retreat flow back draw back fall back fall away abate subside
(of an emotion or quality) gradually decrease

"my enthusiasm was ebbing away"

Synonyms:
diminish dwindle wane fade away melt away peter out decline die away die down die out flag let up lessen decrease weaken dissolve disappear come to an end abatement subsiding easing waning dwindling petering out dying away dying down dying out fading away de-escalation decrease decline diminution diminishing lessening