Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ebbing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ebb \Ebb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ebbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ebbing}.] [AS. ebbian; akin to D. & G. ebben, Dan. ebbe. See
2d {Ebb}.]
1. To flow back; to return, as the water of a tide toward the
ocean; -- opposed to {flow}.
That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope.
2. To return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to
decline; to decay; to recede.
The hours of life ebb fast. --Blackmore.
Syn: To recede; retire; withdraw; decay; decrease; wane;
sink; lower.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ebbing
n : a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
[syn: {ebb}, {wane}]
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