noun
Meaning 1
The flowing out and in of the tide.
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Phrase guide
ebb and flow
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noun
Meaning 2
A large flowing out and in, or any waxing and waning of fortunes or activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- October 29 2001, The New Yorker Online I want to hear the roaring ebb and flow of Broadway.
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verb
Meaning 3
To alternately ebb and flow, as:
To recede and advance.
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verb
Meaning 4
To alternately ebb and flow, as:
To wax and wane.
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Usage: figuratively
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: eb en vloed — flowing out and in of the tide
- French: flux et reflux — flowing out and in of the tide
- Georgian: მიმოქცევა (mimokceva) — flowing out and in of the tide
- Georgian: მიქცევ-მოქცევა (mikcev-mokceva) — flowing out and in of the tide
- German: Ebbe und Flut — flowing out and in of the tide
- Hindi: ज्वारभाटा (jvārbhāṭā) — flowing out and in of the tide
- Hungarian: árapály — flowing out and in of the tide
- Irish: tuile agus trá — flowing out and in of the tide
- Japanese: 浮き沈み (ukishizumi) — flowing out and in of the tide
- Japanese: 干満 (kanman) — flowing out and in of the tide
- Persian: جزر و مد (jazr-o- mad) — flowing out and in of the tide
- Swedish: ebb och flod — flowing out and in of the tide
- Vietnamese: lên voi xuống chó — flowing out and in of the tide
- Vietnamese: thăng trầm — flowing out and in of the tide