'Undertow' definitions:
Definition of 'undertow'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Undertow'
From: GCIDE
- Undertow \Un"der*tow`\, n. (Naut.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'undertow'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affluence,
- afflux,
- affluxion,
- concourse,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- coral heads,
- course,
- crosscurrent,
- current,
- defluxion,
- downflow,
- downpour,
- drift,
- driftage,
- flow,
- flowing,
- fluency,
- flux,
- gush,
- inflow,
- ironbound coast,
- ledges,
- lee shore,
- mill run,
- millrace,
- onrush,
- onward course,
- outflow,
- pitfall,
- quicksands,
- race,
- rockbound coast,
- rocks,
- run,
- rush,
- sandbank,
- sandbar,
- sands,
- set,
- shallows,
- shoals,
- spate,
- stream,
- surge,
- tide,
- trend,
- undercurrent,
- water flow