undertow

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
2. (transitive) To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
3. (intransitive) To flow or behave as an undertow.

Noun

1. A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
2. (broadly) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.

Concepts

ressac

reflux

remous

courant de retour

Synonymes

sea purse

sea-purse

sea-puss

sea-poose

undercurrent

sea puss

underset

flavour

flow

ghost

👻

hue

key

🔑

note

ring

💍

shade

spin

stream

surge

tide

tincture

tinge

tone

touch

trace

undertone

crestless wave

cross-current

air

rip current

offshore current

back rush

undertow current

color

bottom flow

coloration

colour

colouration

course

current

ebb tide

Traductions

resaca

Sog

risacca

anafor

corrente di risacca

التيار البحري

ondersteunen

ressaca

corrente contrária

contracorrente

contracorriente

onda di risucchio

contracorrent

αντίρευμα

αντιμάμαλο

Étymologie (Anglais)

From under- + tow.