Meaning & use
ebbed
Gradually decreased or receded, like a tide flowing back out to sea; past tense of ebb.
See it in a sentence
The tide ebbed slowly, leaving pools of water scattered across the sand.
Her enthusiasm for the project ebbed after months of little progress.
A note on using this word
Ebbed is often used figuratively for a gradual decline in strength, interest, or emotion, not just literal tides.
Words with a similar meaning
recededwanedsubsided
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Words with an opposite meaning
flowedsurged
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