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UNDERCURRENT

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• UNDERCURRENT (noun)
The noun UNDERCURRENT has 2 senses:

1. a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
2. a current below the surface of a fluid

Familiarity information: UNDERCURRENT used as a noun is rare.

• UNDERCURRENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

undercurrent; undertone

Hypernyms ("undercurrent" is a kind of...):

meaning; substance (the idea that is intended)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A current below the surface of a fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

undertide; undercurrent

Hypernyms ("undercurrent" is a kind of...):

current; stream (a steady flow (usually from natural causes))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "undercurrent"):

sea purse; sea puss; sea-poose; sea-purse; sea-puss; undertow (the seaward undercurrent created after waves have broken on the shore)

Holonyms ("undercurrent" is a part of...):

tide (the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon)

"There's no arguing with the barrel of a gun."
(English proverb)
"If you start on a journey, you will also cross plains, mountains and stones."
(Albanian proverb)
"The mind is for seeing, the heart is for hearing."
(Arabic proverb)
"Forbidden fruit is the sweetest."
(Czech proverb)

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