a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

[ Syn: ebbing , wane ]

the outward flow of the tide

[ Syn: reflux ]

flow back or recede; the tides ebbed at noon

[ Syn: ebb away , ebb down , ebb out , ebb off ]

hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb

fall away or decline; The patient's strength ebbed away'