Meaning Of The Word Undertow

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undertow
countable noun: If there is an undertow of a feeling, that feeling exists in such a weak form that you are hardly aware of it, but it influences the way you think or behave.

undertow in American English
a current of water moving beneath and in a different direction from that of the surface water
noun: the seaward, subsurface flow or draft of water from waves breaking on a beach

undertow in British English
noun: the seaward undercurrent following the breaking of a wave on the beach

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