…a stretch of fast-flowing and rough water in the sea or in a river, caused by the meeting of currents…
…a theory about the end of the universe holding that the accelerating forces driving its expansion will eventually rend all currently organized matter…
…an area of rough water typically caused by opposing currents or by a rapid current passing over an uneven bottom…
…tear something violently into small pieces so as to destroy it…
…a relatively strong, narrow current flowing outward from the beach through the surf zone and presenting a hazard to swimmers…
…the hero of a story in Washington Irving’s Sketch Book (1819–20), who fell asleep in the Catskill Mountains and awoke after twenty years to find the world completely changed…
…a strong current caused by tidal flow in confined areas such as inlets and presenting a hazard to swimmers and boaters…
