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UNDERTIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does undertide mean?
• UNDERTIDE (noun)
The noun UNDERTIDE has 1 sense:
1. a current below the surface of a fluid
Familiarity information: UNDERTIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A current below the surface of a fluid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
undercurrent; undertide
Hypernyms ("undertide" is a kind of...):
current; stream (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "undertide"):
sea-poose; sea-purse; sea-puss; sea purse; sea puss; undertow (the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore)
Holonyms ("undertide" is a part of...):
tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)
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