About The Word Surf
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Surf
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What's The Definition Of Surf?
[n] waves breaking on the shore
[v] switch channels, on television [v] look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" [v] ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard; "Californians love to surf" Synonyms | Synonyms for Surf: breaker | breakers | browse | channel-surf Related Terms | Find terms related to Surf: See Also | change | glide | look for | moving ridge | search | seek | shift | switch | wave | windsurf Surf In Webster's Dictionary \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same
word as E. sough.]
The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a
sloping beach.
{Surf bird} (Zo["o]l.), a ploverlike bird of the genus
{Aphriza}, allied to the turnstone.
{Surf clam} (Zo["o]l.), a large clam living on the open
coast, especially {Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima}. See
{Mactra}.
{Surf duck} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of sea
ducks of the genus {Oidemia}, especially {O.
percpicillata}; -- called also {surf scoter}. See the Note
under {Scoter}.
{Surf fish} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
California embiotocoid fishes. See {Embiotocoid}.
{Surf smelt}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Smelt}.
{Surf whiting}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Whiting}.
\Surf\, n. The bottom of a drain. [Prov. Eng.] |
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