What does surf mean?
Definitions for surf
sɜrfsurf
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word surf.
Princeton's WordNet
surf, breaker, breakersverb
waves breaking on the shore
surfboard, surfverb
ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
"Californians love to surf"
browse, surfverb
look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
"browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"
surf, channel-surfverb
switch channels, on television
Wiktionary
surfnoun
Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.
surfnoun
The bottom of a drain.
surfverb
To ride a wave, usually on a surfboard.
surfverb
To browse the Internet.
Etymology: Maybe suffe, of uncertain origin.
ChatGPT
surf
Surf is the wave activity in the area between the shoreline and outer limit of breakers. It commonly refers to the act of riding these waves with a surfboard, which can be either lying down, kneeling, or standing up. Surf can also refer to the conditions or quality of the waves, as in "good surf" or "bad surf".
Webster Dictionary
Surfnoun
the swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach
Surfnoun
the bottom of a drain
Etymology: [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.]
Wikidata
Surf
Surf is the name of a brand of laundry detergent made by Unilever and sold in the India, Ireland, South Africa and many other countries. In the United States the Surf product line is owned by Sun Products. The brand Omo was used when it was introduced in Australia and New Zealand but in Australia, Surf as well as Omo are sold and they are both top- selling laundry detergents in Australia. Surf was introduced in 1959 after Rinso, formerly Lever's best selling detergent brand, had declined in both sales and market share. Formulations of the detergent and the market segment targeted vary by region; in some countries Unilever also markets Persil detergent.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Surf
surf, n. the foam made by the dashing of waves.—ns. Surf′-bird, a plover-like bird found on the Pacific coasts of North and South America, akin to sandpipers and turnstones, and sometimes called Boreal sandpiper and Plover-billed turnstone; Surf′-duck, the scoter (q.v.); Surf′man, one skilful in handling boats in surf.—adj. Surf′y. [Skeat explains the r as intrusive, and suggests that suffe is the same as 'sough of the sea,' M. E. swough, swoughen, swowen—A.S. swógan, to make a rushing sound.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
surf
[from the ‘surf’ idiom for rapidly flipping TV channels] To traverse the Internet in search of interesting stuff, used esp. if one is doing so with a World Wide Web browser. It is also common to speak of surfing in to a particular resource.Hackers adopted this term early, but many have stopped using it since it went completely mainstream around 1995. The passive, couch-potato connotations that go with TV channel surfing were never pleasant, and hearing non-hackers wax enthusiastic about “surfing the net” tends to make hackers feel a bit as though their home is being overrun by ignorami.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
surf
The swell and foam of the sea, which breaks upon the shore, or any rock lying near the surface. The most violent surfs are those which break upon a flat shore, as on the Coromandel and African coasts.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of surf in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of surf in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of surf in a Sentence
I was in 2 feet (61 cm) of water, or less, lying on my stomach, watching him just playing in the surf and I felt something grab onto my foot and pull, i reached down for my foot. I put my hand on his head - he was probably 4-5 feet (1.2-1.5 meters) - and when I did that, he shook twice and when I did that he released and left.
People wouldn't believe that in the Mediterranean there is a lot of surf.
International Shark Attack File.Gavin Naylor:
Sand bars are also where the best surf breaks are because the rapid change in depth causes the waves to break, so the sharks find themselves seeking out the same spots as the surfers.
Every time we went back, the people we had coached were still doing it and they had taught some other people to do it, so there’s a little surf scene that was growing.
There's a general feeling that the art market in general is very strong, and we believe we can surf that wave, if you wish.
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- تصفحArabic
- syrffio, brig y don, ewyn môr, beistonna, ewyn y donWelsh
- wellenreiten, Brandung, surfenGerman
- retumi, ondorajdiEsperanto
- oleaje, marea, surfearSpanish
- surffata, lainelautailla, surffiFinnish
- brimFaroese
- surfer, brisantsFrench
- bruthIrish
- גלשHebrew
- surfArmenian
- brimIcelandic
- navigare, fare surf, frangenti, surfareItalian
- サーフインJapanese
- rosya, mordardha, mordardhCornish
- whakahekeheke ngaru, whakaheke ngaru, auheke, karekare, whakahekeheke, whakaretireti, eke ngaruMāori
- surfenDutch
- surfNorwegian
- bitaaʼ dilkʼąąsNavajo, Navaho
- navegar, surfarPortuguese
- заниматься сёрфингом, прибойRussian
- surfaSwedish
- சர்ஃப்Tamil
- సర్ఫ్Telugu
- sörf yapmakTurkish
- серфінгUkrainian
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