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What does undertow mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word undertow? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
  2. (transitive) To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
  3. (intransitive) To flow or behave as an undertow.
Noun
  1. A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
  2. (by extension) A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.
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