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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling;
- Example: "his account had a poignant undertow of regret"

2. the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore;
[syn: undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Undertow \Un"der*tow`\, n. (Naut.)
   The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are
   breaking upon the shore.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

undertow
    n 1: an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing
         feeling; "his account had a poignant undertow of regret"
    2: the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on
       the shore [syn: undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea
       purse, sea-purse, sea-poose]