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ebb and flow

1. The reflux of the tide; the return of tide-water towards the sea. Often in phrase ebb and flow; also tide of ebb, half-quarter-ebb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > change in level of water > [noun] > subsiding or receding

ebba1000

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > ebbing or flowing out

ebba1000

ebbingc1000

fresha1552

fall1571

vale-water1589

refloat1594

reflow1610

downtide1668

recurrency1724

out1756

retroposition1836

ebb-tide1837

recurrence1857

a1000 Battle of Maldon 65 Þar com flowende flod æfter ebban.

a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1114 On þis geare wæs swa mycel ebba.

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Langtoft (1810) 106 Þe bodies..wer costen vpon þe sond, After an ebbe of þe flode.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 135 Ebbe of the see, refluxus, salaria.

1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. xviii. sig. G.ii Whiche the Mariners call nepe tydes, lowe ebbes..or lowe fluddes.

1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xxxix. 41 As Seuerne lately in her ebbs that sanke.

1665 R. Moray in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 54 The Flood runs East..and the Ebb West.

1763 W. Borlase in Philos. Trans. 1752 (Royal Soc.) 52 418 The sea advancing the first time to a quarter ebb; but the second advance was but as far as the sea reaches at half ebb.

1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 68 During the freshets the ebb and flow are little felt.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxvii. 184 We..made sail, stemming the last of the ebb.

extracted from ebbn.

to ebb and flow

a. intransitive. To flow back or recede, as the water of the sea or a tidal river: frequent in phrase, to ebb and flow. Also with away, down, off, out.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > change in level of water > [verb (intransitive)] > recede or subside

ebbOE

wanec1290

withdrawa1300

run?a1425

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > ebb

falleOE

ebbOE

wanec1290

reflow1429

to go out1595

to run out1608

refloat1632

OE Genesis 1413 Lago ebbade, sweart under swegle.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 161 Þe sæ floweð and ebbeð.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1216 The se, aftir the tydes certayn, Ebbes and flowes.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 425 The se wes ebbit [1489 Adv. ebbyt] sa.

a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 223 The see wase Ebbyd.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 214 The Sea will ebb and flow .

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vi. 86 In some narrow seas..the sea seven times a day ebbs and flowes.

1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 121 Ships..may lie afloat, and not have the Water ebb'd away from them.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage v. 59 The water might ebb another fathom.

1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (1860) ix. §429 The tides ebbed and flowed in it.

extracted from ebbv.

ebb and flow

4. The incoming or rise of the tide. Opposed to ebb; often in phrase ebb and flow; see ebb n. 1.

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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > rise and fall

ebb and flow1583

fluctuation1646

fluctuancy1659

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > rising or flowing in flood

risinga1387

acker1440

increase1555

swelling1557

flow1583

tiding1593

float1594

afflux1603

flux1612

flowing1642

flood-tide1719

1583 R. Greene Mamillia i. f. 9 The greatest flowe hath the soonest ebbe.

1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. cxvi. sig. F4^v The Ocean all at discord with his boundes, Reiterates his strange vntimely floes.

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. viii. 177 A..sea hauing many ebbes, and flowes.

1794 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1986) II. 743 Oceans ebb, and oceans flow.

1812 R. Southey Omniana I. lxxi. 139 The flow drove him upon shore.

1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 177 The Thames tide, with its tossing wherries at the flow, and stranded barges at ebb.

figurative.1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 38 As high a flow as the ridge of the gallowes. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xi. sig. I6^v Wee know not in the flowes of our contentednesse, what wee our selues are.1758 S. Haward Serm. Introd. 9 The flows of affliction.1865 F. W. Farrar Chapters on Lang. 270 Great ebbs and flows in the tide of Jewish thought.1871 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 43 Her ebbs and flows of passion.

extracted from flown.¹

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单词	ebb and flow
释义	> as lemmas ebb and flow 1. The reflux of the tide; the return of tide-water towards the sea. Often in phrase ebb and flow; also tide of ebb, half-quarter-ebb. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > change in level of water > [noun] > subsiding or receding ebba1000 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > ebbing or flowing out ebba1000 ebbingc1000 fresha1552 fall1571 vale-water1589 refloat1594 reflow1610 downtide1668 recurrency1724 out1756 retroposition1836 ebb-tide1837 recurrence1857 a1000 Battle of Maldon 65 Þar com flowende flod æfter ebban. a1123 Anglo-Saxon Chron. anno 1114 On þis geare wæs swa mycel ebba. 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Langtoft (1810) 106 Þe bodies..wer costen vpon þe sond, After an ebbe of þe flode. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 135 Ebbe of the see, refluxus, salaria. 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation ii. xviii. sig. G.ii Whiche the Mariners call nepe tydes, lowe ebbes..or lowe fluddes. 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars i. xxxix. 41 As Seuerne lately in her ebbs that sanke. 1665 R. Moray in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 54 The Flood runs East..and the Ebb West. 1763 W. Borlase in Philos. Trans. 1752 (Royal Soc.) 52 418 The sea advancing the first time to a quarter ebb; but the second advance was but as far as the sea reaches at half ebb. 1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 68 During the freshets the ebb and flow are little felt. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxvii. 184 We..made sail, stemming the last of the ebb. extracted from ebbn. to ebb and flow a. intransitive. To flow back or recede, as the water of the sea or a tidal river: frequent in phrase, to ebb and flow. Also with away, down, off, out. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > change in level of water > [verb (intransitive)] > recede or subside ebbOE wanec1290 withdrawa1300 run?a1425 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > ebb falleOE ebbOE wanec1290 reflow1429 to go out1595 to run out1608 refloat1632 OE Genesis 1413 Lago ebbade, sweart under swegle. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 161 Þe sæ floweð and ebbeð. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1216 The se, aftir the tydes certayn, Ebbes and flowes. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 425 The se wes ebbit [1489 Adv. ebbyt] sa. a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 223 The see wase Ebbyd. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iv. iii. 214 The Sea will ebb and flow . View more context for this quotation 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vi. 86 In some narrow seas..the sea seven times a day ebbs and flowes. 1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 121 Ships..may lie afloat, and not have the Water ebb'd away from them. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage v. 59 The water might ebb another fathom. 1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (1860) ix. §429 The tides ebbed and flowed in it. extracted from ebbv. ebb and flow 4. The incoming or rise of the tide. Opposed to ebb; often in phrase ebb and flow; see ebb n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [noun] > rise and fall ebb and flow1583 fluctuation1646 fluctuancy1659 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > [noun] > rising or flowing in flood risinga1387 acker1440 increase1555 swelling1557 flow1583 tiding1593 float1594 afflux1603 flux1612 flowing1642 flood-tide1719 1583 R. Greene Mamillia i. f. 9 The greatest flowe hath the soonest ebbe. 1595 S. Daniel First Fowre Bks. Ciuile Warres i. cxvi. sig. F4^v The Ocean all at discord with his boundes, Reiterates his strange vntimely floes. 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. viii. 177 A..sea hauing many ebbes, and flowes. 1794 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1986) II. 743 Oceans ebb, and oceans flow. 1812 R. Southey Omniana I. lxxi. 139 The flow drove him upon shore. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 177 The Thames tide, with its tossing wherries at the flow, and stranded barges at ebb. figurative.1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. ii. 38 As high a flow as the ridge of the gallowes. View more context for this quotation1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xi. sig. I6^v Wee know not in the flowes of our contentednesse, what wee our selues are.1758 S. Haward Serm. Introd. 9 The flows of affliction.1865 F. W. Farrar Chapters on Lang. 270 Great ebbs and flows in the tide of Jewish thought.1871 A. C. Swinburne in Fortn. Rev. July 43 Her ebbs and flows of passion. extracted from flown.¹ < as lemmas
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