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undercurrent
(encz) | undercurrent,podtext n: Zdeněk Brož |
undercurrent
(encz) | undercurrent,podtón n: Zdeněk Brož |
Undercurrent
(gcide) | Undercurrent \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.
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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.
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All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her.
--G. Eliot.
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Undercurrent
(gcide) | Undercurrent \Un"der*cur`rent\, a.
Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.] "Undercurrent woe."
--Tennyson.
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undercurrent
(wn) | undercurrent
n 1: a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance;
implicit meaning [syn: undertone, undercurrent]
2: a current below the surface of a fluid [syn: undertide,
undercurrent] |
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