undertow

Meanings

Verb

To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down.
To pull down by, or as by, an undertow.
To flow or behave as an undertow.

Noun

A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore.
A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.

Origin

From under- + tow.

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