ebb
English Thesaurus
1. the outward flow of the tide (noun.event)
| part meronym | : | ebbtide, |
| definition | : | the tide while water is flowing out (noun.event) |
2. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | decline, diminution, |
| definition | : | change toward something smaller or lower (noun.process) |
3. fall away or decline (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | recede, |
| definition | : | become faint or more distant (verb.change) |
4. hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb (verb.competition)
| hypernym | : | beleaguer, besiege, circumvent, hem in, surround, |
| definition | : | surround so as to force to give up (verb.competition) |
5. flow back or recede (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | fall back, |
| definition | : | move back and away from (verb.motion) |
6. the outward flow of the tide (noun.event)
7. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) (noun.process)
| derivation | : | wane, |
| definition | : | decrease in phase (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | ebb, |
| definition | : | fall away or decline (verb.change) |
8. fall away or decline (verb.change)
9. flow back or recede (verb.motion)
10. the outward flow of the tide (noun.event)
11. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) (noun.process)
| derivation | : | wane, |
| definition | : | decrease in phase (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | ebb, |
| definition | : | fall away or decline (verb.change) |
12. fall away or decline (verb.change)
13. flow back or recede (verb.motion)
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