| NOUN | event | surf, breaker, breakers | waves breaking on the shore |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | motion | surf, surfboard | ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard |
| contact | surf, browse | look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular | |
| change | surf, channel-surf | switch channels, on television |
| Sounds | ser'f | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | serf ... turf: 3 rhymes with erf... | |
| Meaning | waves breaking on the shore. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | breaker, breakers | |
| Broader | wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| Spanish | cachón, ola grande, oleaje, rompiente, rompientes | |
| Catalan | onades, surf | |
| Verbs | surf | ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard |
| Meaning | ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Californians love to surf" | |
| Synonym | surfboard | |
| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Narrower | windsurf | ride standing on a surfboard with an attached sail, on water |
| Broader | glide | Move smoothly and effortlessly |
| Spanish | surfear | |
| Catalan | surfejar | |
| Nouns | surf | waves breaking on the shore |
| surfer | someone who engages in surfboarding | |
| surfing | the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave | |
| Meaning | look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "surf the internet or the world wide web" | |
| Synonym | browse | |
| Broader | search, seek, look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
| Similar to | shop, browse | shop around |
| Spanish | echar un vistazo, navegar | |
| Meaning | switch channels, on television. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | channel-surf | |
| Broader | switch, shift, change | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another |
| Spanish | hacer zaping, zapear | |
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