"ebbed" in the verb sense
1. ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off
flow back or recede
"the tides ebbed at noon"
2. ebb
hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
3. ebb
fall away or decline
"The patient's strength ebbed away"
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