Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun surf

1 sense of surf

Sense 1
surf, breaker, breakers -- (waves breaking on the shore)
       => wave, moving ridge -- (one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb surf

3 senses of surf

Sense 1
surfboard, surf -- (ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard; "Californians love to surf")
       => glide -- (move smoothly and effortlessly)

Sense 2
browse, surf -- (look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web")
       => search, seek, look for -- (try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county")

Sense 3
surf, channel-surf -- (switch channels, on television)
       => switch, shift, change -- (lay aside, abandon, or leave for another; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes")

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