🔄 Synonyms of "Undertow"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sea pussnoun | A strong seaward current; a riptide or undertow, especially as results when a sandbar formed by waves suddenly gives way, and which is dangerous to swimmers. |
| sea pursenoun | Alternative form of sea-purse. [The egg case of skate, shark or ratfish; a mermaid's purse.] |
| seapoosenoun | Alternative form of sea puss. [A strong seaward current; a riptide or undertow, especially as results when a sandbar formed by waves suddenly gives way, and which is dangerous to swimmers.] |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| sea pussnoun | A strong seaward current; a riptide or undertow, especially as results when a sandbar formed by waves suddenly gives way, and which is dangerous to swimmers. |
| sea pursenoun | Alternative form of sea-purse. [The egg case of skate, shark or ratfish; a mermaid's purse.] |
| underdragverb | (transitive) To exert pull on the underside of (something). |
| underdoverb | (transitive) To do something insufficiently; especially, to undercook. |
| lower | Bottom; more towards the bottom than the middle of an object. |
| subductnoun | (transitive) To push under or below. |
| undergoverb | (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase. |
| haul upverb | (transitive) To confront or question one about one's wrongdoings. |
| drag downverb | (transitive) To cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood. |
| untetherverb | (transitive) To undo by removing a tether. |
| outpullverb | (transitive) To surpass in pulling. |
| downdrawnoun | A downdraft. |
| underrunnoun | (accounting) A condition in which fewer products are delivered or produced than had been ordered. |
| bring underverb | To make (someone or something) subject to (something else); to place (someone) in a state of (something). |
| pull downverb | (transitive) To make (something) lower (especially of clothes). |
| haul downverb | (transitive) To violently cause to fall to the ground. |
| tousenoun | a noisy disturbance |
| unstowverb | (transitive) To unload (stowed cargo) from a ship, etc. |
| underpullnoun | (more generally) A downward pull or force. |
| haul outverb | (said of a seal or sea-lion) To come out of the water, in order to rest |
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