underdriftn.
An undercurrent; figurative a tendency beneath the surface of things.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > under-current
underwork1610
underflood?1615
undercurrent1684
underset1815
undertow1817
subcurrent1822
underdrift1849
under-draught1853
underflow1854
under-water1859
undercarry1894
underrun1894
turbidity current1939
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [noun] > hidden tendency or activity
under-water1618
undercurrent1792
undertow1817
underplay1845
underswell1849
nigger in the fence1850
nigger in the woodpile1852
underflow1854
—— in the woodpile1857
undernote1857
undertone1861
underdrift1891
under-belly1962
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [noun] > underlying tendency or undercurrent
ground bass1699
undercurrent1792
underdrift1891
1849 G. Cupples Green Hand vi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 734/1 Either she [sc. the ship] stood still, or she'd caught some eddy or under-drift.
1891 Daily News 12 Jan. 215 Thus the underdrift of things is in favour of an easier money market.
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