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Ebbing
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Ebbing
see synonyms of ebbingverb (intransitive)
1.
(of tide water) to flow back or recede
Compare flow (sense 9)2.
to fall away or decline
noun
3.
a.
the flowing back of the tide from high to low water or the period in which this takes place
b.
(as modifier)
the ebb tide
Compare flood (sense 3)4. at a low ebb
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Ebbing
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1.
the flow of water back toward the sea, as the tide falls
2.
a weakening or lessening; decline
the ebb of faith
verb intransitive
3.
to flow back; recede, as the tide
4.
to weaken or lessen; decline
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Ebbing
see synonyms of ebbingn.
1. The receding or outgoing tide, occurring between the time when the tide is highest and the time when the following tide is lowest. Also called ebb tide, falling tide.
2. A period of decline or diminution: "Insistence upon rules of conduct marks the ebb of religious fervor" (Alfred North Whitehead).
intr.v. ebbed, ebb·ing, ebbs
1. To fall back from the flood stage.
2. To fall away or back; decline or recede. See Synonyms at recede1.
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