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surf

noun

1 surf

Waves breaking on the shore.

synonyms: breaker, breakers.

Roget 348: running water.    jet, spirt, spurt, squirt, spout, spray, splash, rush, gush, jet d'eau [Fr.]; sluice.    water spout, water fall; ... show more

Roget 353: bubble, foam, froth, head, spume, lather, suds, spray, surf, yeast, barm, spindrift.    cloud, vapor, ... show more

Polish: kipiel

verb

1 surf

Ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard:
— Californians love to surf.

synonym: surfboard.

Dutch: surfen

2 surf

Look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular:
— Surf the internet or the world wide web.

synonym: browse.

Dutch: doorbladeren

3 surf

Switch channels, on television.

synonym: channel-surf.


Moby thesaurus: billow, bore, breakers, chop, choppiness, chopping sea, collar, comb, comber, dirty water, eagre, foam, froth, gravity wave, ground swell, head, heave, heavy sea, heavy swell, lather ... show more.

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