UNDERTOW


Meaning of UNDERTOW in English

(~s)

1.

If there is an ~ 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.

...an ~ of sadness.

= undercurrent

N-COUNT: usu with supp

2.

An ~ is a strong current of water that is moving below the surface current and in a different direction to it.

= undercurrent

N-COUNT

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