ebb

noun

the outward flow of the tide

a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

verb

fall away or decline

hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

flow back or recede

Synonyms for ebb

wanev refluencen tiden flown neapn dwindlev subsidev surgen recedev refluxn

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