Meaning

4 senses

  1. To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.

    wellenreiten, surfen

    занима́ться сёрфингомzanimátʹsja sjórfingom

    займа́тися се́рфінгомzajmátysja sérfinhom

    ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard

  2. To surf at a specified place.

  3. To bodysurf; to swim in the surf at a beach.

  4. (ambitransitive)To browse the Internet, television, etc.

    surfen

    сёрфитьsjórfitʹ

    switch channels, on television

Examples

196 sentences

  1. Where can I learn how to surf?

    Де я можу навчитися серфінгу?

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  2. She spends way too much time surfing the web.

    Вона проводить забагато часу в інтернеті.

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  3. Do you like surfing?

    Тобі подобається серфінг?

    ruВам нравится сёрфинг?

    deSurfst du gerne?

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  4. Tom doesn't like surfing.

    Том не любить серфінг.

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  5. Tom likes surfing.

    Тому подобається серфінг.

    deTom surft gerne.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to ride a wave:
Русский
By meaning 2
to ride a wave:
to browse the Internet:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to ride a wave:

Origin

Probably from earlier suff, suffe (“the inrush of the sea towards the shore”), possibly fr

Probably from earlier suff, suffe (“the inrush of the sea towards the shore”), possibly from Middle English suffe. Compare sough, surf (“a gutter, drain, sewer, trench”) and sough (“a soothing, gentle, murmuring sound of wind or water”). Alternatively, possibly of Indo-Aryan origin, as the word was formerly a reference to the coast of India, though this is doubtful as no positive etymon can be identified.

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Forms

surfs, surfing, surfed, surfed
Base formsurf · to surf
3rd person singularsurfs
Present participlesurfing
Past simplesurfed
Past participlesurfed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysurf
he, she, itsurfs

Past simpleLesson

all personssurfed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave surfed
he, she, ithas surfed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill surf

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • switch channels, on television:channel-surf
  • look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular:browse
  • ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard:surfboard

Word family

26 related words
Relatedsurfersurfing
Derivedcounter surfsurfboardbed surfbodysurfcar-surfchannel-surfcouch surfcybersurfegosurfkitesurfnetsurfparasurfshoulder surfside surfsilver surferskurfsnurfsofa surfsurfablesurfarisurfatrontrain surfwakesurfwebsurf

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • go surfing
  • go surfing with
  • how to surf
  • surf very well
  • to surf very
  • surfing yesterday
  • like surfing

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sureA1surelyB1surfaceB1surfboard
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