moving ridge

moving ridge
noun
one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
Syn: ↑wave
Derivationally related forms: ↑wavelet (for: ↑wave)
Hypernyms: ↑movement, ↑motion
Hyponyms:
surf, ↑breaker, ↑breakers, ↑wake, ↑backwash, ↑swash, ↑ripple, ↑rippling, ↑riffle, ↑wavelet, ↑swell, ↑crestless wave, ↑lift, ↑rise, ↑billow, ↑surge, ↑tidal wave, ↑tsunami, ↑roller, ↑roll, ↑rolling wave, ↑comber, ↑whitecap, ↑white horse

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