Associations to the word «Undertow»
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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.
Dictionary definition
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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