UNDERTOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does undertow mean? 

• UNDERTOW (noun)
  The noun UNDERTOW has 2 senses:

1. an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling

2. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

  Familiarity information: UNDERTOW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERTOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Context example:

his account had a poignant undertow of regret

Hypernyms ("undertow" is a kind of...):

inclination (that toward which you are inclined to feel a liking)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

sea-poose; sea-purse; sea-puss; sea purse; sea puss; undertow

Hypernyms ("undertow" is a kind of...):

undercurrent; undertide (a current below the surface of a fluid)