undertow

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
2. To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
3. 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. 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

Étymologie (Anglais)

From under- + tow.