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    CROSSCURRENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Actions counter to the main group activityplay

    Example:

    political crosscurrents disrupted the conference

    Synonyms:

    countercurrent; crosscurrent

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("crosscurrent" is a kind of...):

    strife (bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another currentplay

    Synonyms:

    countercurrent; crosscurrent; rip; riptide; tide rip

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Hypernyms ("crosscurrent" is a kind of...):

    turbulence; turbulency (unstable flow of a liquid or gas)

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