undertow
IPA: ˈʌndɝtoʊ
noun
- A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
- (by extension) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.
verb
- (transitive) To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
- (transitive) To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
- (intransitive) To flow or behave as an undertow.
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