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COUNTERCURRENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does countercurrent mean?
• COUNTERCURRENT (noun)
The noun COUNTERCURRENT has 2 senses:
1. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
2. actions counter to the main group activity
Familiarity information: COUNTERCURRENT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
countercurrent; crosscurrent; rip; riptide; tide rip
Hypernyms ("countercurrent" is a kind of...):
turbulence; turbulency (unstable flow of a liquid or gas)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Actions counter to the main group activity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
countercurrent; crosscurrent
Context example:
political crosscurrents disrupted the conference
Hypernyms ("countercurrent" is a kind of...):
strife (bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension)
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