English

Noun

ebb and flow ‎(plural ebbs and flows)

1. The flowing out and in of the tide.
2. (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

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)

1. 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