ebb vs grow

ebb

verb
  • to fall away or decline 

  • to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb 

  • To cause to flow back. 

  • to flow back or recede 

noun
  • A European bunting, the corn bunting (Emberiza calandra, syns. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra). 

  • The receding movement of the tide. 

  • A gradual decline. 

  • A low state; a state of depression. 

adj
  • low, shallow 

grow

verb
  • To appear or sprout. 

  • To become larger, to increase in magnitude. 

  • To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) 

  • To develop, to mature. 

  • To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. 

  • To assume a condition or quality over time. 

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