Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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ebb | Yes | No | Yes | No |
tide | Yes | No | Yes | No |
ebb (noun) | tide (noun) |
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the outward flow of the tide | the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon |
a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea) |
there are usually two high and two low tides each day |
ebb (verb) | tide (verb) |
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fall away or decline | rise or move forward |
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb | be carried with the tide |
flow back or recede | cause to float with the tide |