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Ebb

ebb

/eb/

noun

the movement of the tide out to sea.

"the ebb tide"

Similar: receding, going out, flowing back, retreat, retreating, drawing back, abating, subsiding, retrocession,  

verb

1.

(of tidewater) move away from the land; recede.

"the tide began to ebb"

Similar: recede, go out, retreat, flow back, draw back, fall back, fall away, abate, subside, retrocede, 

Opposite: come in, 

2.

(of an emotion or quality) gradually lessen or reduce.

"my enthusiasm was ebbing away"

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