(~s)
1.
If there is an ~ of a feeling, you are hardly aware of the feeling, but it influences the way you think or behave.
...a deep ~ of racism in British society.
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2.
An ~ is a strong current of water that is moving below the surface current and in a different direction to it.
Colin tried to swim after him but the strong ~ swept them apart.
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