Usually means: Subtle, hidden force or influence.
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  1. undercurrent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. undercurrent: Merriam-Webster
  3. undercurrent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. undercurrent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. undercurrent: Collins English Dictionary
  6. undercurrent: Vocabulary.com
  7. Undercurrent, undercurrent: Wordnik
  8. undercurrent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. undercurrent: Wiktionary
  10. undercurrent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. undercurrent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. undercurrent: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. undercurrent: Dictionary.com
  14. undercurrent: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. undercurrent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Undercurrent (Kenny Drew album), Undercurrent (Matisyahu album), Undercurrent (Sarah Jarosz album), Undercurrent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Undercurrent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. undercurrent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. undercurrent: Rhymezone
  20. undercurrent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. undercurrent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. undercurrent: FreeDictionary.org
  23. undercurrent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. undercurrent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. undercurrent: Encyclopedia

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  3. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Water Resource Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See undercurrents as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A current of water which flows under the surface, and often in a different direction from surface currents.
noun:  (figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed.
verb:  (transitive, also figuratively) To flow under some surface.

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