The Clue
Gradually declines (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EBBS
Tags
Notes
The answer EBBS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
Abates
Declines
Dwindles
Fades
Falls
Flags
Lessens
Recedes
Refluxes
Retrocedes
Subsides
Wanes
Weakens
Withdraws
Diminishes gradually
Drifts away
Fades away
Falls back
Falls off
Flows back
Flows' partner
Goes back
Goes down
Goes out
___ and flows
Inverse of "floods"
Points of decline
Sags or flags
Falls back, as a tide
Flows out, as the tide
Goes back to sea?
Definition
EBB as a noun:
1. (ebb, ebbing, wane) = a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
2. (ebb, reflux) = the outward flow of the tide
EBB as a verb:
1. (ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb out, ebb off) = flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"
2. hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb
3. fall away or decline; "The patient's strength ebbed away"