Sekirov Dictionary

ebb and flow

noun 2
verb 3
forms 3

noun2

The flowing out and in of the tide.
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(figurative) A large flowing out and in, or any waxing and waning of fortunes or activity.
- October 29 2001, The New Yorker Online I want to hear the roaring ebb and flow of Broadway.

verb3

To alternately ebb and flow.
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To recede and advance.
- As true we are as flesh and blood can be: / The sea will ebb and flow, heaven show his face — 1595
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(figurative) To wax and wane.
- The quality of his service game varied as the contest ebbed and flowed, but landing 54% of his first serves over the whole match was a telling statistic. — 2025

forms

ebbed and flowed · ebbing and flowing · ebbs and flows

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