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.
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.
All the while there was a busy undercurrent in
her.
G. Eliot.
Un"der*cur`rent, a. Running beneath the
surface; hidden. [R.] "Undercurrent woe."
Tennyson.
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.
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.
All the while there was a busy undercurrent in
her.
G. Eliot.
Un"der*cur`rent, a. Running beneath the
surface; hidden. [R.] "Undercurrent woe."
Tennyson.
