Ebbing

verb

/ˈɛbɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo flow back or recede

"The tides ebbed at noon."

2.verbTo fall away or decline

"The dying man's strength ebbed away."

3.verbTo fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb

4.verbTo cause to flow back.

5.nounThe action of something that ebbs.

"ebbings and flowings"

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