undertows

Meaning of undertows

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.

Information about undertows

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of undertows is: undertow.
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Hyphenation of undertows

un-der-tows

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • undertows is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with undertows

tows, kotows, bestows, misbestows, stows, unstows, tattows, kowtows

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