surf

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UK /sɜːf/ US /sɝf/

noun 4verb 4name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

heavy

distant

We fell asleep to the sound of distant surf breaking against the rocks below.

VERB + SURF

ride

The surfers rode the surf early in the morning before the beach got crowded.

SURF + VERB

break, roll (in)

The large waves rolled in as we walked along the shore at sunset.

roar, thunder

PREP

in the ~

My father enjoyed swimming in the surf every morning during our beach vacation.

PHRASES

the roar/thunder of (the) surf

Definitions

noun

Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.

[…] perhaps it was the look of the island, with its gray, melancholy woods, and wild stone spires, and the surf that we could both see and hear foaming and thundering on the steep beach […]

'But when the surf fell enough for the boats to get ashore, and Greening held a lantern for me to jump down into the passage, after we had got the side out of the tomb, the first thing the light fell on at the bottom was a white face turned skyward.

An instance or session of riding a surfboard in the surf.

We went for a surf this morning.

A dance popular in the 1960s in which the movements of a surfboard rider are mimicked.

She [...] loves to cook, sew and dance. She's up on all the latest steps like the frug, the hully-gully and the surf.

The bottom of a drain.

verb

To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.

To surf at a specified place.

To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.

Such diversion as Podson could extort from his isolation was soon vitiated by repetition. He surfed. He sun-baked - with discretion till his skin had peeled and given him a harder cuticle.

To browse the Internet, television, etc.

name

Initialism of speeded up robust features.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — waves breaking on the shore

breaker
breakers

verb — switch channels, on television

channel-surf

verb — look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything

browse

verb — ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard

surfboard

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

[…] perhaps it was the look of the island, with its gray, melancholy woods, and wild stone spires, and the surf that we could both see and hear foaming and thundering on the steep beach […]

Wiktionary

'But when the surf fell enough for the boats to get ashore, and Greening held a lantern for me to jump down into the passage, after we had got the side out of the tomb, the first thing the light fell

Wiktionary

It was alone, nervously alighting and flying short distances along the surf.

Wiktionary

Such diversion as Podson could extort from his isolation was soon vitiated by repetition. He surfed. He sun-baked - with discretion till his skin had peeled and given him a harder cuticle.

Wiktionary

Has anyone attempted to "surf" the Internet since 1998?

Tatoeba · #712492

We should go surf sometime!

Tatoeba · #1244771

Usage Notes

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