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UNDERTIDE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A current below the surface of a fluid

Synonyms:

undercurrent; undertide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

current; stream (a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "undertide"):

sea-poose; sea-purse; sea-puss; sea purse; sea puss; undertow (the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore)

Holonyms ("undertide" is a part of...):

tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)

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