Meaning of UNDERCURRENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'undur`kurunt
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- [n] subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
- [n] a current below the surface of a fluid
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| | Synonyms: | | undertide, undertone |
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| | See Also: | | current, meaning, sea purse, sea puss, sea-poose, sea-purse, sea-puss, stream, substance, tide, undertow | |
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\Un"der*cur`rent\, n.
1. A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in
a contrary direction to that on the surface. --Totten.
2. Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or
the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly
shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong
undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner.
All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her.
--G. Eliot.
\Un"der*cur`rent\, a.
Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.] ``Undercurrent
woe.'' --Tennyson.
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