ebb and flow
English
Noun
ebb and flow (plural ebbs and flows)
- The flowing out and in of the tide.
- (figuratively) A large flowing out and in.
- 2001: I want to hear the roaring ebb and flow of Broadway — The New Yorker Online, 29 Oct 2001
Translations
flowing out and in of the tide
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Verb
ebb and flow (third-person singular simple present ebbs and flows, present participle ebbing and flowing, simple past and past participle ebbed and flowed)
- To alternately ebb and flow.
- 1595 — William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, iv 3
- As true we are as flesh and blood can be: / The sea will ebb and flow, heaven show his face
- 1595 — William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, iv 3