sea-poose
- noun
- Archaic
:
corriente de mar
- Swimmers should be cautious of the sea-poose that forms after large waves crash ashore.
Examples
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The child felt the tug of the sea-poose around his ankles as the waves receded.
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Local fishermen warned that the sea-poose could pull small boats back out to sea.
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The sea-poose pulled me back into the water.
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Watch out for the sea-poose near the rocks.
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Swimmers should be cautious of the sea-poose that forms after large waves crash ashore.
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Local fishermen warned that the sea-poose could pull small boats back out to sea.
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The child felt the tug of the sea-poose around his ankles as the waves receded.
Synonyms
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A strong water current under the surface that pulls you out to sea
A strong current that pulls swimmers away from the shore after waves break
A strong current that pulls water and swimmers away from the shore after waves break
A strong flow that pulls swimmers away from the shore after waves break
A strong current that pulls swimmers away from a beach after waves break
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sea-poose can be remembered as sea plus poose, which sounds like the English word push and like the French pousser, 'to push'. So a sea-poose is the sea's push back toward the ocean — the undercurrent that can pull swimmers and small boats out to sea.