ebb

  1. Noun.  The receding movement of the tide.
  2. Noun.  A gradual decline.
  3. Noun.  low state, state of depression.
  4. Noun.  The European bunting.
  5. Verb.  to flow back or recede.
  6. Verb.  to fall away or decline.
  7. Verb.  to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb.
  8. Adjective.  low, shallow.

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