Another word for ebb
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Noun
The act or process of becoming less active or intense
- To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
- To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new.
- To approach an end:
- The process of becoming less active or severe
- A sinking of something to a lower level, especially of part of the surface of the Earth due to underground excavation or seismic activity or groundwater depletion
- Present participle of slacken.
- The act of remitting.
- A condition or period in which something is remitted.
- A lessening of intensity or degree; abatement.
- A reduction in pace, force, or intensity; a slowdown.
- A temporary stop; a pause.
- Reduction in amount, degree, or intensity; diminution.
- The amount lowered; a reduction.
- The act of reducing something, such as a tax, for some period of time or of eliminating something, such as a nuisance, permanently.
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Verb
To grow or cause to grow gradually less
- A small or very slender candle.
- A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
- A source of feeble light.
- To bring down, as in extent, amount, or degree; diminish.
- To gain control of; subject or conquer:
- To subject to destruction:
- A deduction from an amount to be paid or a return of part of an amount given in payment.
- To deduct or return (an amount) from a payment or bill.
- To lessen; diminish.
- To diminish slowly and come to an end. Often used with out :
- To make less; reduce.
- To make little of; belittle.
- To become less; decrease:
- To become gradually less until little remains.
- To cause to dwindle:
- To draw off (a liquid) by a gradual process:
- To cause liquid to go out from; empty:
- To draw off the surface water of:
- To make smaller or less; reduce or lessen.
- To detract from the authority, reputation, or prestige of:
- To cause to taper.
- To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
- The act or process of decreasing.
- The amount by which something decreases.
- To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen:
- To put an end to:
- To make void:
See also:To move back or away from a point, limit, or mark
- To return to an earlier, inferior, or less complex condition.
- To go or move backward.
- Moving or tending backward:
- Opposite to the usual order; inverted or reversed:
- Reverting to an earlier or inferior condition:
- To go back; recede.
- To cede or give back (a territory, for example); return.
- The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant:
- Withdrawal of a military force from a dangerous position or from an enemy attack.
- The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller:
- To take back; disavow:
- To draw back or in:
- To utter (a sound) with the tongue drawn back.
- To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark:
- To slope away from a point of reference:
- To become or seem to become more distant and fainter or less distinct:
See also:To become or cause to become less active or intense
- To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
- To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new.
- To approach an end:
- To become less intense, active, or severe; abate.
- To become smaller or less prominent, as swelling.
- To move or sink to a lower or normal level:
- To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.
- To make or become slower; slow down:
- To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen:
- To make or become less vigorous, intense, or severe; ease:
- To transmit (money) in payment.
- To refrain from exacting (a tax or penalty, for example); cancel.
- To pardon; forgive:
- Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
- Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
- Of medium or average quantity or extent.
- To fall from a previous level or standard, as of accomplishment, quality, or conduct:
- To deviate from a prescribed or accepted way:
- To pass gradually or smoothly; slip:
- To drop or come down freely under the influence of gravity:
- To drop oneself to a lower or less erect position:
- To lose an upright or erect position suddenly:
- The condition of being comfortable or relieved.
- Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation:
- Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness.
- From a place or position:
- At a certain distance in space or time:
- From a given course or route; aside:
- From a higher to a lower place or position:
- Toward, to, or on the ground, floor, or bottom:
- Downstairs:
- To lessen the force or intensity of; moderate:
- To take away; subtract.
- To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen:
- To put an end to:
- To make void:
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Another word for ebb
Noun
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- Present participle of fall off.
- To break down into component parts; rot.
- To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay.
- To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current.
- A decrease or loss in value, as because of age, wear, or market conditions.
- An allowance made for a loss in value of property.
- Reduction in the purchasing value of money.
- To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
- The act or process of decreasing.
- The amount by which something decreases.
- A retreat or retirement:
- The removal of people from a place, as in the removal of troops from a military position.
- Detachment, as from social or emotional involvement.
- The process or an instance of regressing, as to a less perfect or less developed state.
- Reversion to an earlier or less mature pattern of feeling or behavior.
- Subsidence of the symptoms or process of a disease.
- Reduction in amount, degree, or intensity; diminution.
- The amount lowered; a reduction.
- The act of reducing something, such as a tax, for some period of time or of eliminating something, such as a nuisance, permanently.
- The act or process of diminishing; a lessening or reduction.
- The resulting reduction; decrease.
- Statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration, usually one-half, of the original.
- the outgoing or falling tide
- The act or process of reducing.
- The result of reducing:
- The amount by which something is lessened or diminished:
- A flowing back; ebb.
- Backflow, as of gastric acid into the esophagus.
- The process of refluxing.
- To use, consume, spend, or expend thoughtlessly or carelessly.
- To cause to lose energy, strength, or vigor; exhaust, tire, or enfeeble:
- To fail to take advantage of or use for profit; lose:
- To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
- To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new.
- To approach an end:
- The process of shrinking.
- The amount or proportion by which something shrinks.
- A reduction in value; depreciation.
- To express polite refusal:
- To slope downward; descend:
- To bend downward; droop:
- The erosion of a cliff or headland from a given point, as from the action of a waterfall.
- The reduction of a glacier from a point of advancement.
- The motion of celestial objects away from one another in an expanding universe.
Verb
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- To become gradually less until little remains.
- To cause to dwindle:
- To break down into component parts; rot.
- To disintegrate in a process of radioactive decay or particle decay.
- To decrease gradually in magnitude. Used of voltage or current.
- To be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor:
- To exist or continue in miserable or disheartening conditions:
- To remain unattended or be neglected:
- To decrease gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity:
- To show a progressively smaller illuminated area, as the moon does in passing from full to new.
- To approach an end:
- To be changed from a solid to a liquid state especially by the application of heat.
- To dissolve:
- To disappear or vanish gradually as if by dissolving:
- A steep or abrupt downward slope.
- A noticeable decrease:
- A designated place where people or things can be left:
- To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
- The act or process of decreasing.
- The amount by which something decreases.
- To express polite refusal:
- To slope downward; descend:
- To bend downward; droop:
- To go below the surface of water or another liquid:
- To descend to the bottom of a body of water or other liquid:
- To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages:
- To withdraw from one's occupation or position, especially upon reaching a certain age; stop working.
- To move away or withdraw, as for rest or seclusion:
- To fall back or retreat, as from battle.
- To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen:
- To put an end to:
- To make void:
- To become less intense, active, or severe; abate.
- To become smaller or less prominent, as swelling.
- To move or sink to a lower or normal level:
- To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark:
- To slope away from a point of reference:
- To become or seem to become more distant and fainter or less distinct:
Antonyms:
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