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Nov 29, 2009
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ebb



Pronunciation: (eb), [key]
—n.
1. the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
2. a flowing backward or away; decline or decay: the ebb of a once great nation.
3. a point of decline: His fortunes were at a low ebb.

—v.i.
1. to flow back or away, as the water of a tide (opposed to flow).
2. to decline or decay; fade away: His life is gradually ebbing.

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