undertow

Meaning of undertow

noun
  1. A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
    A strong undertow may sweep a returning swimmer off their feet but it does not carry them far from the shore.
  2. (by extension) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.
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.

Information about undertow

  • The plural form of undertow is: undertows.
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Hyphenation of undertow

un-der-tow

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • undertow is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Anagrams of undertow

untrowed

Words that rhyme with undertow

Bartow, Wartow

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