NOUN | event | undertide, undercurrent | a current below the surface of a fluid |
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Meaning | A current below the surface of a fluid. | |
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Synonym | undercurrent | |
Part of | tide | The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon |
Narrower | undertow, sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose | The seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore |
Broader | current, stream | A steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) |
Spanish | corriente submarina |
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