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Meaning of ebb

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ebb
      n 1: a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
           [syn: {ebb}, {ebbing}, {wane}]
      2: the outward flow of the tide [syn: {ebb}, {reflux}]
      v 1: flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon" [syn: {ebb},
           {ebb away}, {ebb down}, {ebb out}, {ebb off}] [ant:
           {surge}, {tide}]
      2: hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from
         going back into the sea with the ebb
      3: fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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