undertow

1 an inclination contrary to the strongest or prevailing feeling; "his account had a poignant undertow of regret"

2 the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore [syn: sea puss, sea-puss, sea purse, sea-purse, sea-poose]

English

Noun

1. a strong flow of water returning seaward from the shore.
2. In the context of "by extension": a feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one.

Translations

Undertow (often and incorrectly used for a rip current) is a strong subsurface flow of water returning seaward from the shore resulting usually from wave action.

Undertow may also refer to:

• Undertow, a 2007 short experimental film by Neil Mcenery-West
• Undertow (newspaper column), 2004-Present, in Exit Zero Magazine, a Cape May, NJ publication that boasts over 7,000 readers in-season. Written by Terry O'Brien, Undertow is a humor/ gossip/ opinion/ sports/ entertainment column in a stream-of-consciousness style. Same Mr. O'Brien has also authored several serialized short stories in the same publication.
• Undertow (novel), a 2001 mystery novel by Warren Adler
• Undertow (video game), an Xbox Live Arcade game from Chair Entertainment
• Undertow (film) a 2004 drama film by David Gordon Green
• Undertow (1996 film) a 1996 film about a man lost in the mountains, staring Mia Sara
• "Undertow" (The Wire episode), an episode of the television series The Wire
• UNDERTOW (Perceptual Organization), a research project on grammar free parsing
• Undertow (webomic) a webcomic

In music:

• Undertow (Blind Idiot God album), a 1989 album by instrumental rock band Blind Idiot God
• Undertow (Cliffs of Dooneen album), a 1993 album by Cliffs of Dooneen
• "Undertow" (Don Miner Band song), a single from their 2008 album Pelu
• Undertow (Firefall album), a 1979 album from rock band Firefall
• "Undertow" (Genesis song), a song from the 1978 album ...And Then There Were Three... by Genesis
• "Undertow" (Ivy song), a song from the 2001 album Long Distance by the New York City band Ivy
• "Undertow" (Leonard Cohen song), a song from the 2004 album Dear Heather by the Canadian singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen
• "Undertow" (Pain of Salvation song), a song from the 2002 album Remedy Lane by Swedish metal band Pain of Salvation
• Undertow (Sidsel Endresen album), a 2000 album by vocalist Sidsel Endresen
• Undertow (Stan Meissner album), a 1992 album by Canadian singer/songwriter Stan Meissner
• The Undertow, a 1993 album by folk singer Carla Sciaky
• Undertow (Tool album), a 1993 album by Tool
• "Undertow" (R.E.M. song), a single from their 1996 album New Adventures in Hi-Fi
• Undertow, a 1990s straight edge hardcore punk band from Washington
• "Undertow" (Warrant song), a song from the 1995 album Ultraphobic by American glam metal band Warrant

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