Surf
[sɜːf] or [sɝf]
Definition
(noun.) waves breaking on the shore.
(verb.) switch channels, on television.
Typed by Jared--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.
(n.) The bottom of a drain.
Edited by Ivan
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Breakers, breaking waves.
Edited by Estelle
Definition
n. the foam made by the dashing of waves.—ns. Surf′-bird a plover-like bird found on the Pacific coasts of North and South America akin to sandpipers and turnstones and sometimes called Boreal sandpiper and Plover-billed turnstone; Surf′-duck the scoter (q.v.); Surf′man one skilful in handling boats in surf.—adj. Surf′y.
Typed by Connie
Examples
- So cold, so fresh, so sea-clear her face was, it was like kissing a flower that grows near the surf. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The myriad noises of the jungle seemed far distant and hushed to a mere echo of blurred sounds, rising and falling like the surf upon a remote shore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Far as the shore was, the sound of the surf swept over the intervening moorland, and beat drearily in my ears when I entered the churchyard. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As the high watery walls came rolling in, and, at their highest, tumbled into surf, they looked as if the least would engulf the town. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- On approaching the island, we found it was in a place where there could be no landing, there being a great surf on the stony beach. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
Checker: Max