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{{also|under tow}}
==English==
==English==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{prefix|under|tow}}.
From {{prefix|en|under|tow}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undertow.wav|a=US}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{en-verb}}
{{en-verb}}


# {{transitive}} To [[pull]] or [[tow]] under; [[drag]] beneath; pull down.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[pull]] or [[tow]] under; [[drag]] beneath; pull down.
#* '''1914''', Denton Jaques Snider, ''Lincoln at Richmond'':
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1914|author=Denton Jaques Snider|title=Lincoln at Richmond
#*: Off in a gallop the General wheeled vanishing, And sped his steed away into the blue, When Lineoln now alone let go his speech Which had before been '''undertowed''' by force, [...]
|passage=Off in a gallop the General wheeled vanishing, And sped his steed away into the blue, When Lineoln now alone let go his speech Which had before been '''undertowed''' by force, [...]}}
# {{transitive}} To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
#* '''1998''', Richard Gough, David Williams, Ric Allsopp, ''Performance Research: On Place'':
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1998|author=Richard Gough; David Williams; Ric Allsopp|title=Performance Research: On Place
#*: A sense that the air, a sighting of muddy river, or that outcrop of rock so implacably bland in the light of midday, is '''undertowed''' by memory.
|passage=A sense that the air, a sighting of muddy river, or that outcrop of rock so implacably bland in the light of midday, is '''undertowed''' by memory.}}
#* '''2003''', Michael T. Leibig, ''Mike Leibig Traveling in Disguise'':
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=Michael T. Leibig|title=Mike Leibig Traveling in Disguise
#*: I sink because I cannot swim, '''undertowed''' to the Centre, abandoning all remembrance of the surface toward the cloud of unknowing, without choice I'm pulled.
|passage=I sink because I cannot swim, '''undertowed''' to the Centre, abandoning all remembrance of the surface toward the cloud of unknowing, without choice I'm pulled.}}
# {{intransitive}} To [[flow]] or [[behave]] as an undertow.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[flow]] or [[behave]] as an undertow.
#* '''1917''', The Unpopular review:
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=1917|journal=The Unpopular review
#*: Everybody knows this and acts accordingly; but when you ''say'' it, it sounds bad and bold, and makes you uncomfortable to hear it, because the puritan blood is still '''undertowing''' in your veins.
|passage=Everybody knows this and acts accordingly; but when you ''say'' it, it sounds bad and bold, and makes you uncomfortable to hear it, because the puritan blood is still '''undertowing''' in your veins.}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# A strong [[flow]] of [[water]] returning [[seaward]] from the [[shore]].
# A short-range [[flow]] of [[water]] returning [[seaward]] from the waves breaking on the [[shore]].
#: {{ux|en|A strong '''undertow''' may sweep a returning swimmer off their feet but it does not carry them far from the shore.}}
# {{context|by extension}} A [[feeling]] that runs [[contrary]] to one's normal one.
# {{lb|en|by extension}} A [[feeling]] that runs [[contrary]] to one's normal one.


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|a strong flow of water returning seaward from the shore}}
{{trans-top|flow of water}}
* Chinese:
* Finnish: [[pohjavirta]], [[pohjavirtaus]]
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|退波|tr=tuìbō}}
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* French: {{t-|fr|courant de retour}}, {{t+|fr|reflux|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|imu}}, {{t|fi|[[aaltojen]] [[imu]]}}, {{t|fi|paluuvirtaus}}
{{trans-mid}}
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* French: {{t|fr|courant de retour}}, {{t+|fr|reflux|m}}
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* Serbo-Croatian: {{t-|sh|povratna morska struja|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Sog|m}}, {{t|de|hinausziehende Strömung|f}}, {{t+|de|Gegenströmung|f}}, {{t|de|Unterwasserströmung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αντιμάμαλο|n|sc=Grek}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|sog|n}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|risacca|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|miti}}
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* Serbo-Croatian: {{t|sh|povratna morska struja|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|resaca}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|resaca}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|a feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one}}
{{trans-top|feeling}}
* Catalan: {{t-|ca|contracorrent|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|contracorrent|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|pohjavire}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|contracorriente|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|contracorriente|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


====See also====
[[et:undertow]]
* {{l|en|rip current}}
[[fr:undertow]]
* {{l|en|riptide}}
[[ko:undertow]]

[[io:undertow]]
===Anagrams===
[[ku:undertow]]
* {{anagrams|en|a=denortuw|untrowed|dunewort}}
[[my:undertow]]
[[ta:undertow]]
[[vi:undertow]]
[[zh:undertow]]

Latest revision as of 01:15, 28 October 2024

See also: under tow

English

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Etymology

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From under- +‎ tow.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (US):(file)

Verb

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undertow (third-person singular simple present undertows, present participle undertowing, simple past and past participle undertowed)

  1. (transitive) To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
    • 1914, Denton Jaques Snider, Lincoln at Richmond:
      Off in a gallop the General wheeled vanishing, And sped his steed away into the blue, When Lineoln now alone let go his speech Which had before been undertowed by force, [...]
  2. (transitive) To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
    • 1998, Richard Gough, David Williams, Ric Allsopp, Performance Research: On Place:
      A sense that the air, a sighting of muddy river, or that outcrop of rock so implacably bland in the light of midday, is undertowed by memory.
    • 2003, Michael T. Leibig, Mike Leibig Traveling in Disguise:
      I sink because I cannot swim, undertowed to the Centre, abandoning all remembrance of the surface toward the cloud of unknowing, without choice I'm pulled.
  3. (intransitive) To flow or behave as an undertow.
    • 1917, The Unpopular review:
      Everybody knows this and acts accordingly; but when you say it, it sounds bad and bold, and makes you uncomfortable to hear it, because the puritan blood is still undertowing in your veins.

Noun

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undertow (plural undertows)

  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.

Translations

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See also

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Anagrams

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