Associations to the word «Undertow»

Wiktionary

UNDERTOW, verb. (transitive) To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.

UNDERTOW, verb. (transitive) To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.

UNDERTOW, verb. (intransitive) To flow or behave as an undertow.

UNDERTOW, noun. A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.

UNDERTOW, noun. (by extension) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.

UNDERTOW, noun. An inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling; "his account had a poignant undertow of regret".

UNDERTOW, noun. The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore.

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