ebbing

Plural: ebbings

Noun

• a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
• The action of something that ebbs.

Verb

• flow back or recede
• 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
• present participle and gerund of ebb

Synonyms

ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out, wane, refluent

Antonyms

tide