Tide and Wash

Tide

Tide noun - A prevailing or general movement or inclination.

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Wash and tide are semantically related in flow topic. In some cases you can use "Wash" instead a noun "Tide".

Nearby Word: tidal

Wash noun - Spongy land saturated or partially covered with water.

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Tide and wash are semantically related in flow topic. Sometimes you can use "Tide" instead a noun "Wash".

Nearby Words: washed, washing, washer, washroom, washable

Smee is setting her down in the middle of the Skull Rock lagoon so that the tide will eventually wash over her.

Source: Hesitant Sacrifice
When it became clear that the story was of two people building a sandcastle on the beach, the most common prediction was that upon finishing the sandcastle the tide would wash it away and the scene loop to the beginning, forming a metaphor of some sort.

Source: Webcomic / xkcd
Eventually the castle was finished and the tide did wash it away, the scene fading to white... only for a brand new scene to start, two people now on a quest to find out how seas and river and everything else works!

Source: Webcomic / xkcd

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