| Undertow (n.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore. Thesaurus Entries affluence, afflux, affluxion, concourse, confluence, conflux, coral heads, course, crosscurrent, current, defluxion, downflow, downpour, drift, driftage, flow, flowing, fluency, flux, gush, inflow, ironbound coast, ledges, lee shore, mill run, millrace, onrush, onward course, outflow, pitfall, quicksands, race, rockbound coast, rocks, run, rush, sandbank, sandbar, sands, set, shallows, shoals, spate, stream, surge, tide, trend, undercurrent, water flow |