ebb

Meanings

• a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
• the outward flow of the tide
• flow back or recede
  • "the tides ebbed at noon"
• 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"

Synonyms

ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out, ebbing, reflux, wane