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

Dutch: eb en vloed
Georgian: მიმოქცევა (mimokceva), მიქცევ-მოქცევა (mikcev-mokceva)

Japanese: 浮き沈み (ukishizumi), 干満 (kanman)
Swedish: ebb och flod

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

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