| ebb | | |
| n. (process) | 1. ebb, ebbing, wane | a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number). |
| ~ decline, diminution | change toward something smaller or lower. |
| n. (event) | 2. ebb, reflux | the outward flow of the tide. |
| ~ ebbtide | the tide while water is flowing out. |
| ~ flow, flowing | the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases). |
| v. (motion) | 3. ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out | flow back or recede.; "the tides ebbed at noon" |
| ~ fall back | move back and away from.; "The enemy fell back" |
| v. (competition) | 4. ebb | hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb. |
| ~ besiege, circumvent, beleaguer, hem in, surround | surround so as to force to give up.; "The Turks besieged Vienna" |
| v. (change) | 5. ebb | fall away or decline.; "The patient's strength ebbed away" |
| ~ recede | become faint or more distant.; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older" |
| recede | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw | pull back or move away or backward.; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb" |
| ~ back away, crawfish, crawfish out, pull in one's horns, back out, retreat, pull back, withdraw | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ fall back | move back and away from.; "The enemy fell back" |
| ~ retreat, retrograde | move back.; "The glacier retrogrades" |
| ~ back down, back off, back up | move backwards from a certain position.; "The bully had to back down" |
| v. (competition) | 2. drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede | retreat. |
| ~ retrogress, regress, retrograde | get worse or fall back to a previous condition. |
| v. (change) | 3. recede | become faint or more distant.; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ ebb | fall away or decline.; "The patient's strength ebbed away" |
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