| Main Entry: | surf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waves |
Synonyms: |
breakers, breaking waves, combers, rollers, spindrift, swell, wave |
| Main Entry: | foam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bubbles formed from a liquid |
Synonyms: |
cream, fluff, froth, head, lather, scum, spray, spume, suds, surf, yeast |
| Main Entry: | sea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large body of water; large mass |
Synonyms: |
Davy Jones's locker, abundance, blue*, bounding main, brine, briny deep, briny, deep, drink*, expanse, lake, main, multitude, number, ocean, plethora, pond, profusion, sheet, splash*, surf, swell, waves |
Antonyms: |
land |
| Main Entry: | surge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rush, usually of liquid |
Synonyms: |
billow, breaker, deluge, efflux, flood, flow, growth, gush, intensification, outpouring, rise, roll, surf, swell, upsurge, wave |
| Main Entry: | swell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large increase, flow |
Synonyms: |
billow, crescendo, growth, ripple, rise, seat, surf, surge, undulation, uprise, wave |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease |
| Main Entry: | white water |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fast-flowing water |
Synonyms: |
breakers, lather, rapid, rapids, soapsuds, spindrift, spoondrift, spray, suds, surf, wild water |
| Main Entry: | breaker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large wave |
Synonyms: |
billow, destroyer, roller, surf, wave |
| Notes: | a long curving wave is a comber, a wave that curls over and dissolves into foam is a breaker, and a long wave moving steadily shorewards is a roller |
| Main Entry: | foam |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
afoam, bubbling, effervescent, frothy, nappy, sparkling, spumescent, spumous, vaporous
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