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SEA-POOSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea-poose mean?
• SEA-POOSE (noun)
The noun SEA-POOSE has 1 sense:
1. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore
Familiarity information: SEA-POOSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("sea-poose" is a kind of...):
undercurrent; undertide (a current below the surface of a fluid)
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