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ebb
/ɛb/ · 3 letters · 2 distinct letters
- verb
flow back or recede
the tides ebbed at noon
- verb
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
- verb
fall away or decline
The patient's strength ebbed away
- noun
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
- noun
the outward flow of the tide