(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When the tide or the sea ~s, its level gradually falls.
When the tide ~s it’s a rock pool inhabited by crustaceans.
VERB: V
2.
The ~ or the ~ tide is one of the regular periods, usually two per day, when the sea gradually falls to a lower level as the tide moves away from the land.
...the spring ~ tide...
N-COUNT: usu the N
3.
If someone’s life, support, or feeling ~s, it becomes weaker and gradually disappears. (FORMAL)
Were there occasions when enthusiasm ~ed?
VERB: V
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Ebb away means the same as ~ .
Their popular support is ~ing away.
PHRASAL VERB: V P
4.
If someone or something is at a low ~ or at their lowest ~, they are not being very successful or profitable.
...a time when everyone is tired and at a low ~...
PHRASE: v-link PHR
5.
You can use ~ and flow to describe the way that something repeatedly increases and decreases or rises and falls.
...the ~ and flow of feeling and moods.
PHRASE: usu PHR of n