Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to undertow
Participle: undertowed
Gerund: undertowing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | undertow |
| you | undertow |
| he;she;it | undertows |
| we | undertow |
| you | undertow |
| they | undertow |
Perfect
| I | have undertowed |
| you | have undertowed |
| he;she;it | has undertowed |
| we | have undertowed |
| you | have undertowed |
| they | have undertowed |
Past
| I | undertowed |
| you | undertowed |
| he;she;it | undertowed |
| we | undertowed |
| you | undertowed |
| they | undertowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had undertowed |
| you | had undertowed |
| he;she;it | had undertowed |
| we | had undertowed |
| you | had undertowed |
| they | had undertowed |
Future
| I | will undertow |
| you | will undertow |
| he;she;it | will undertow |
| we | will undertow |
| you | will undertow |
| they | will undertow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have undertowed |
| you | will have undertowed |
| he;she;it | will have undertowed |
| we | will have undertowed |
| you | will have undertowed |
| they | will have undertowed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | undertow |
| you | undertow |
| he;she;it | undertow |
| we | undertow |
| you | undertow |
| they | undertow |
Perfect
| I | have undertowed |
| you | have undertowed |
| he;she;it | have undertowed |
| we | have undertowed |
| you | have undertowed |
| they | have undertowed |
Imperfect
| I | undertowed |
| you | undertowed |
| he;she;it | undertowed |
| we | undertowed |
| you | undertowed |
| they | undertowed |
Pluperfect
| I | had undertowed |
| you | had undertowed |
| he;she;it | had undertowed |
| we | had undertowed |
| you | had undertowed |
| they | had undertowed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would undertow |
| you | would undertow |
| he;she;it | would undertow |
| we | would undertow |
| you | would undertow |
| they | would undertow |
Perfect
| I | would have undertowed |
| you | would have undertowed |
| he;she;it | would have undertowed |
| we | would have undertowed |
| you | would have undertowed |
| they | would have undertowed |
Imperative
| you | undertow |
| we | Let's undertow |
| you | undertow |
Verbs conjugated like 'undertow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'undertow'
underdo,
underflow,
undergo,
undergrow,
underhew,
underpot,
undertax,
undertip,
undertone,
unberth,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
4. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
5. Proto-Indo-European *-ér
6. Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
7. Proto-Germanic *under
8. Proto-West Germanic *undar
9. Old English under-
10. Middle English under-
11. English under-
12. English tow
13. English undertow
14. From under- + tow.
Sample Sentences
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Off in a gallop the General wheeled vanishing, And sped his steed away into the blue, When Lineoln now alone let go his speech Which had before been undertowed by force, [...] [1914, Denton Jaques Snider, Lincoln at Richmond:]
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A sense that the air, a sighting of muddy river, or that outcrop of rock so implacably bland in the light of midday, is undertowed by memory. [1998, Richard Gough, David Williams, Ric Allsopp, Performance Research: On Place:]
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I sink because I cannot swim, undertowed to the Centre, abandoning all remembrance of the surface toward the cloud of unknowing, without choice I'm pulled. [2003, Michael T. Leibig, Mike Leibig Traveling in Disguise:]
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Everybody knows this and acts accordingly; but when you say it, it sounds bad and bold, and makes you uncomfortable to hear it, because the puritan blood is still undertowing in your veins. [1917, The Unpopular review:]