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SURF
surf, breaker, breakers
(noun) waves breaking on the shore
surf, channel-surf
(verb) switch channels, on television
browse, surf
(verb) look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; ābrowse a computer directoryā; āsurf the internet or the world wide webā
surfboard, surf
(verb) ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard; āCalifornians love to surfā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
surf (countable and uncountable, plural surfs)
Waves that break on an ocean shoreline.
An instance or session of riding a surfboard in the surf.
(UK, dialect) The bottom of a drain.
Verb
surf (third-person singular simple present surfs, present participle surfing, simple past and past participle surfed)
To ride a wave, usually on a surfboard.
(ambitransitive) To browse the Internet, television, etc.
Anagrams
• Furs, furs
Source: Wiktionary
Surf, n. Etym: [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.]
Definition: The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach. Surf bird (Zoƶl.), a ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone.
– Surf clam (Zoƶl.), a large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra, or Spisula, solidissima. See Mactra.
– Surf duck (Zoƶl.), any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially O. percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note under Scoter.
– Surf fish (Zoƶl.), any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid.
– Surf smelt. (Zoƶl.) See Smelt.
– Surf whiting. (Zoƶl.) See under Whiting.
Surf, n.
Definition: The bottom of a drain. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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