noun [usuallysing.]
1 a current in the sea or ocean that moves in the opposite direction to the water near the surface:
The children were carried out to sea by the strong undertow.
2 ~ (of sth) a feeling or quality that influences people in a particular situation even though they are not really aware of it
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for undertow is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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