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ebb

noun
  1. the outward flow of the tide
    reflux
  2. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
    ebbingwane
verb
  1. fall away or decline
    “The patient's strength ebbed away”
  2. hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
  3. flow back or recede
    “the tides ebbed at noon”
    ebb awayebb downebb outebb off