'SURF' definitions:
Definition of 'surf'
(from WordNet)
noun
verb
Ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard; "Californians love to surf" [syn: surfboard, surf]
verb
Look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" [syn: browse, surf]
verb
Switch channels, on television [syn: surf, channel-surf]
Definition of 'Surf'
From: GCIDE
- Surf \Surf\, n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. [1913 Webster]
- Surf bird (Zool.), a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone.
- Surf clam (Zool.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra solidissima (syn. {Spisula solidissima}). See Mactra.
- Surf duck (Zool.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially {Oidemia percpicillata}; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note under Scoter.
- Surf fish (Zool.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid.
- Surf smelt. (Zool.) See Smelt.
- Surf whiting. (Zool.) See under Whiting. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Surf'
From: GCIDE
- Surf \Surf\, n. The bottom of a drain. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'surf'
From: 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,
- lift,
- lop,
- meringue,
- mousse,
- offscum,
- peak,
- popple,
- puff,
- riffle,
- ripple,
- rise,
- roll,
- roller,
- rough water,
- scend,
- scud,
- scum,
- sea,
- sea foam,
- send,
- soapsuds,
- souffle,
- spindrift,
- spoondrift,
- spray,
- spume,
- stinging,
- suds,
- surge,
- swell,
- tidal bore,
- tidal wave,
- tide wave,
- trough,
- tsunami,
- undulation,
- water wave,
- wave,
- wavelet,
- white horses,
- white water,
- whitecaps
Acronyms for 'surf'
From: V.E.R.A.
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