"surf" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɜːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɝf/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surf.wav [Southern-England], En-us-surf.oga [US] Forms: surfs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f Etymology: 1680s, perhaps from earlier suffe (c. 1590), possibly related to sough, or possibly of Indo-Aryan origin, as the word was formerly a reference to the coast of India. The verb is from 1917. Etymology templates: {{m|en|suffe}} suffe, {{m|en|sough}} sough, {{der|en|inc}} Indo-Aryan Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} surf (countable and uncountable, plural surfs)
  1. Waves that break on an ocean shoreline. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (waves that break): ῥόθιον (rhóthion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ῥηγμῑ́ν (rhēgmī́n) [Epic, feminine] (Ancient Greek), прибой (priboj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mordardh [masculine] (Cornish), branding (Dutch), surfo (Esperanto), brim [neuter] (Faroese), surffi (Finnish), brisants [masculine, plural] (French), rompente [feminine] (Galician), Brandung [feminine] (German), taraj (Hungarian), hullám (Hungarian), brim [neuter] (Icelandic), bruth [masculine] (Irish), frangenti [masculine, plural] (Italian), flutti [masculine, plural] (Italian), auheke (Maori), karekare (Maori), pōhutu (Maori), tai whati (Maori), brenning [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przybój [masculine] (Polish), rebentação [feminine] (Portuguese), прибо́й (pribój) [masculine] (Russian), marea [feminine] (Spanish), oleaje [masculine] (Spanish), cuộc lướt sóng (Vietnamese), ewyn y don [masculine] (Welsh), brig y don [masculine] (Welsh), ewyn môr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-surf-en-noun-nP3oufLR Disambiguation of 'waves that break': 95 3 2 1
  2. An instance or session of riding a surfboard in the surf. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surfing
    Sense id: en-surf-en-noun-bFfCNhkn Disambiguation of Surfing: 5 12 13 3 27 2 12 28
  3. A dance popular in the 1960s in which the movements of a surfboard rider are mimicked. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Surfing
    Sense id: en-surf-en-noun-VdtS6CyS Disambiguation of Surfing: 5 12 13 3 27 2 12 28
  4. (UK, dialect) The bottom of a drain. Tags: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-surf-en-noun-fm4hiSU~ Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /sɜːf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɝf/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surf.wav [Southern-England], En-us-surf.oga [US] Forms: surfs [present, singular, third-person], surfing [participle, present], surfed [participle, past], surfed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)f Etymology: 1680s, perhaps from earlier suffe (c. 1590), possibly related to sough, or possibly of Indo-Aryan origin, as the word was formerly a reference to the coast of India. The verb is from 1917. Etymology templates: {{m|en|suffe}} suffe, {{m|en|sough}} sough, {{der|en|inc}} Indo-Aryan Head templates: {{en-verb}} surf (third-person singular simple present surfs, present participle surfing, simple past and past participle surfed)
  1. To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing. Categories (topical): Surfing Derived forms (ride a wave): surfer, surfing, surfboard, crowdsurf, train-surf, bodysurf, countersurf, parasurf, shoulder surf Translations (to ride a wave): ловя вълни (lovja vǎlni) (Bulgarian), 衝浪 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲浪 (chōnglàng) (Chinese Mandarin), mordardha (Cornish), surfen (Dutch), ondorajdi (Esperanto), surfi (Esperanto), lainelautailla (Finnish), surfer (French), wellenreiten (German), surfen (German), e heʻe nalu (Hawaiian), גלש (Hebrew), hullámlovagol (Hungarian), szörfözik (Hungarian), surfare (Italian), fare surf (Italian), サーフインをする (sāfin-o suru) (Japanese), whakahekeheke (Maori), whakahekeheke ngaru (Maori), eke ngaru (Maori), whakaheke ngaru (Maori), whakaretireti (Maori), auheke (Maori), seurfer (Norman), surfar (Portuguese), занима́ться сёрфингом (zanimátʹsja sjórfingom) (Russian), e fa'ase'e i le galu (Samoan), surfear (Spanish), surfa (Swedish), fānifo (Tongan), sörf yapmak (Turkish), lướt sóng (Vietnamese), beistonna (Welsh), syrffio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-surf-en-verb-aCXUfMoz Disambiguation of Surfing: 5 12 13 3 27 2 12 28 Disambiguation of 'ride a wave': 100 0 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to ride a wave': 100 0 0 0
  2. To surf at a specified place.
    Sense id: en-surf-en-verb-~S8x6OHW
  3. To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach. Categories (topical): Surfing
    Sense id: en-surf-en-verb-V6wfA49J Disambiguation of Surfing: 5 12 13 3 27 2 12 28
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Dances, Surfing Derived forms (browse the Internet): channel-surf, counter surf, cybersurf, netsurf, silver surfer, shoulder surf Translations (to browse the Internet): сърфирам (sǎrfiram) (Bulgarian), navegar (Catalan), rosya (Cornish), surfen (Dutch), retumi (Esperanto), surffata (Finnish), surfer (French), surfen (German), גלש (Hebrew), szörfözik (Hungarian), szörföl [slang] (Hungarian), navigare (Italian), bitaaʼ dilkʼąąs (Navajo), seurfer (Norman), surfować (Polish), navegar (Portuguese), сёрфить (sjórfitʹ) (Russian), navegar (Spanish), peruzi (Swahili), surfa (Swedish), lướt web (Vietnamese), lướt mạng (Vietnamese), syrffio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-surf-en-verb-vFbro5c7 Disambiguation of Dances: 5 7 15 2 15 3 21 32 Disambiguation of Surfing: 5 12 13 3 27 2 12 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 16 9 9 2 7 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 7 16 6 5 2 8 55 Disambiguation of 'browse the Internet': 2 1 2 96 Disambiguation of 'to browse the Internet': 2 1 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bed surf, couch surf, side surf, sofa surf, surf and turf, surf cast, surfer [noun]

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for surf meaning in English (20.5kB)

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          "ref": "1900, Joseph Grinnell, Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska, page 12",
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          "ref": "1941, Raymond Russell Camp, Fishing the Surf, page 248",
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          "word": "tai whati"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "waves that break",
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          "word": "cuộc lướt sóng"
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        "General-American"
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        {
          "ref": "1964 July 15, The Australian, Sydney, page 20, column 3",
          "text": "She [...] loves to cook, sew and dance. She's up on all the latest steps like the frug, the hully-gully and the surf.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dance popular in the 1960s in which the movements of a surfboard rider are mimicked."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The bottom of a drain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "drain",
          "drain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, dialect) The bottom of a drain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "dialectal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/sɜːf/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɝf/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)f"
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      "homophone": "serf (in accents with the fern-fir-fur merger)"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "priboj",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прибой"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mordardh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "branding"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "surfo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brim"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "surffi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "brisants"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rompente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Brandung"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "rhóthion",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ῥόθιον"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "rhēgmī́n",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "Epic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ῥηγμῑ́ν"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "taraj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "hullám"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bruth"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "frangenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "flutti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "auheke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "karekare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "pōhutu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "tai whati"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brenning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przybój"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rebentação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pribój",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прибо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "marea"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oleaje"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "cuộc lướt sóng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ewyn y don"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brig y don"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "waves that break",
      "word": "ewyn môr"
    }
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    "surf"
  ],
  "word": "surf"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Indo-Aryan languages",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)f",
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      "word": "bed surf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "browse the Internet",
      "word": "channel-surf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "browse the Internet",
      "word": "counter surf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "browse the Internet",
      "word": "cybersurf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "browse the Internet",
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    },
    {
      "sense": "browse the Internet",
      "word": "silver surfer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "browse the Internet",
      "word": "shoulder surf"
    },
    {
      "word": "couch surf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ride a wave",
      "word": "surfer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ride a wave",
      "word": "surfing"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ride a wave",
      "word": "surfboard"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ride a wave",
      "word": "crowdsurf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ride a wave",
      "word": "train-surf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ride a wave",
      "word": "bodysurf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ride a wave",
      "word": "countersurf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ride a wave",
      "word": "parasurf"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ride a wave",
      "word": "shoulder surf"
    },
    {
      "word": "side surf"
    },
    {
      "word": "sofa surf"
    },
    {
      "word": "surf and turf"
    },
    {
      "word": "surf cast"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "m"
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        "2": "inc"
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "surfs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "surfing",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "surfed",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing."
      ],
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          "wave"
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        [
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          "surfboard"
        ],
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          "surfing",
          "surfing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To surf at a specified place."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bodysurf",
          "bodysurf"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To browse the Internet, television, etc."
      ],
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        [
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          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "television",
          "television"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/sɜːf/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɝf/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)f"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "serf (in accents with the fern-fir-fur merger)"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-surf.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-surf.oga",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lovja vǎlni",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "ловя вълни"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "衝浪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chōnglàng",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "冲浪"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "mordardha"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "surfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "ondorajdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "surfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "lainelautailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "surfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "wellenreiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "surfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "e heʻe nalu"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "גלש"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "hullámlovagol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "szörfözik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "surfare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "fare surf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sāfin-o suru",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "サーフインをする"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "whakahekeheke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "whakahekeheke ngaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "whakahekeheke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "eke ngaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "whakaheke ngaru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "whakaretireti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "auheke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "seurfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "surfar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zanimátʹsja sjórfingom",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "занима́ться сёрфингом"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "e fa'ase'e i le galu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "surfear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "surfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "fānifo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "sörf yapmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "lướt sóng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "beistonna"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to ride a wave",
      "word": "syrffio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎrfiram",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "сърфирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "navegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "rosya"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "surfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "retumi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "surffata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "surfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "surfen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "גלש"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "szörfözik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "szörföl"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "navigare"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "bitaaʼ dilkʼąąs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "seurfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "surfować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "navegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sjórfitʹ",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "сёрфить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "navegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "peruzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "surfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "lướt web"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "lướt mạng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to browse the Internet",
      "word": "syrffio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "surf"
  ],
  "word": "surf"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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