Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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ebb | Yes | No | Yes | No |
circumvent | No | No | Yes | No |
ebb (noun) | circumvent (noun) |
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the outward flow of the tide | |
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) |
ebb (verb) | circumvent (verb) |
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fall away or decline | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb | beat through cleverness and wit |
flow back or recede | surround so as to force to give up |