"ebb and flow" meaning in All languages combined

See ebb and flow on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ebbs and flows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|ebbs and flows}} ebb and flow (plural ebbs and flows)
  1. The flowing out and in of the tide. Translations (flowing out and in of the tide): eb en vloed (Dutch), flux et reflux (French), მიმოქცევა (mimokceva) (Georgian), მიქცევ-მოქცევა (mikcev-mokceva) (Georgian), Ebbe und Flut (German), ज्वारभाटा (jvārbhāṭā) (Hindi), árapály (Hungarian), tuile agus trá (Irish), 浮き沈み (ukishizumi) (Japanese), 干満 (kanman) (Japanese), جزر و مد (jazr-o- mad) (Persian), ebb och flod (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ebb_and_flow-en-noun-FKL-~8h3 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 12 14 36 38 Disambiguation of 'flowing out and in of the tide': 80 20
  2. (figuratively) A large flowing out and in, or any waxing and waning of fortunes or activity. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ebb_and_flow-en-noun-6OqYr6V6 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 12 14 36 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: at a low ebb

Verb [English]

Forms: ebbs and flows [present, singular, third-person], ebbing and flowing [participle, present], ebbed and flowed [participle, past], ebbed and flowed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ebb<> and flow<>}} 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, as:
    (of the tides) To recede and advance.
    Categories (topical): Tides
    Sense id: en-ebb_and_flow-en-verb-owmhLKow Disambiguation of Tides: 7 5 41 47 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 12 14 36 38
  2. To alternately ebb and flow, as:
    (figuratively) To wax and wane.
    Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Tides, Water
    Sense id: en-ebb_and_flow-en-verb-ecQN85L6 Disambiguation of Tides: 7 5 41 47 Disambiguation of Water: 4 9 33 54 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 12 14 36 38 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 29 25 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 20 20 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 24 17 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 31 14 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 17 21 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 16 20 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 9 19 21 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 8 19 21 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 9 19 19 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 19 22 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 18 20 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 9 19 22 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 19 21 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: come and go

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