Complete Definition of "ebb and flow"

English

Noun
en-noun|sgebb and flow|plebbs and flows

  1. The flowing out and in of the tide.
  2. figuratively A large flowing out and in.

Quotations
1998: Slumbering with the ebb and the flow of this foaming tomb — Tuomas Holopainen, The Pharaoh Sails To Orion, Oceanborn album, 1998
2001: I want to hear the roaring ebb and flow of Broadway — The New Yorker Online, 29 Oct 2001

Verb
en-verb|inf=to ebb and flow|ebbs and flows|ebbing and flowing|ebbed and flowed

  1. defn|English
Quotations
1595 � w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:Love's Labour's Lost|Love's Labour's Lost, iv 3

The sea will ebb and flow, heaven show his face

Category:Words from Shakespeare

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