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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Surf

/sẽrf/ · IPA /sɝf/
01 n. The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.
  1. 1.
    The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.
Phrases & compounds
Surf bird — a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone.
Surf clam — a large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra solidissima (syn. Spisula solidissima). See Mactra.
Surf duck — any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially Oidemia percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note under Scoter.
Surf fish — any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid.
Surf smelt — See Smelt.
Surf whiting — See under Whiting.
02 n. The bottom of a drain.
  1. 1.
    The bottom of a drain.[Prov. Eng.]