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Meaning of CROSSCURRENT

Pronunciation:  'kros`kurunt

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 Definition: [n]  a stretch of turbulent water in the sea
 
 Synonyms: rip, riptide, tide rip
 
 See Also: turbulence, turbulency

 

 

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 Related Terms: affluence, afflux, affluxion, air current, bucking, challenge, concourse, confluence, conflux, contention, contradiction, contraposition, contravention, contraversion, counteraction, counterbalance, counterblast, countercurrent, counterforce, counterinfluence, counterpoise, counterpressure, counterweight, counterworking, course, crossing, current, current of air, defluxion, denial, downdraft, downflow, downpour, draft, drift, driftage, fall wind, flow, flow of air, flowing, fluency, flux, following wind, foul wind, gush, head wind, impugnation, impugnment, indraft, inflow, inhalation, inrush, inspiration, jetstream, katabatic wind, mill run, millrace, monsoon, movement of air, negation, onrush, onward course, opposing, opposition, opposure, oppugnation, outflow, race, rebutment, rebuttal, refusal, rejection, resistance, run, rush, set, spate, standing against, stream, stream of air, surge, tail wind, tide, traversal, trend, undercurrent, undertow, updraft, water flow, wind
 

 

 



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