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RIPTIDE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore

Synonyms:

rip current; riptide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

Synonyms:

countercurrent; crosscurrent; rip; riptide; tide rip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

turbulence; turbulency (unstable flow of a liquid or gas)

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