- intransitive verb
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- to flow back or away, as the water of a tide (opposed to flow)
- to decline or decay; fade away: His life is gradually ebbing.
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- (of the tide) go out; recede [Barron]
- recede; lessen [Taisha]
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- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
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