English Explanatory Dictionary

ebb and flow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The flowing out and in of the tide.
  2. A large flowing out and in, or any waxing and waning of fortunes or activity.
verb
  1. To alternately ebb and flow, as:
  2. To recede and advance.
  3. To wax and wane.

Word forms

ebb and flow ebbs and flows ebbing and flowing ebbed and flowed

Related words

at a low ebb come and go
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