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n. An underwater current flowing strongly away from the shore, usually caused by the seaward return of water from waves that have broken against the shore.

n. A tendency, especially in thought or feeling, contrary to what seems the strongest: "As she talks nostalgically of her days of glory . . . a poignant undertow emerges” ( Tina Brown).

v. To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.

v. To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.

v. To flow or behave as an undertow.

n. A strong flow of water returning seaward from the shore.

n. A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.

n. The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.

n. A current of water below the surface moving in a direction different from that of the surface-current; the backward flow or back-draft of a wave breaking on a beach. Sometimes called under-water.

n. an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling

n. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore

"There is, in the easternmost fork of the Vingaard River, a sudden surge in the midstream current even more powerful than the steady undertow which is the constant bane of the rivermen and of those who foolishly try to cross."

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