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surf

1. waves breaking on the shore or on a reef
2. foam caused by the breaking of waves
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

surf

[sərf]
(oceanography)
Wave activity in the area between the shoreline and the outermost limit of breakers, that is, in the surf zone.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Surf

the breaking of a sea or lake wave directly on the shore. The oscillatory movements of the water cause the uprush and backwash. The surf plays the principal role in the destruction of retrograding shorelines and in the formation of beaches. It shifts the alluvium on beaches on accumulation shores.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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