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Dictionary definition for: Ebb
1. (n) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
2. (v) flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"
3. (n) the outward flow of the tide
4. (v) hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
5. (v) fall away or decline; "The patient''s strength ebbed away"
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