surf
waves breaking on the shore (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
breaker, breakers
• Derivationally related forms:
break (for: breaker)
• Hypernyms:
wave, moving ridge
1. ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
- Californians love to surf
• Syn:
surfboard
• Derivationally related forms:
surfer, surfing, surfboard (for: surfboard)
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
glide
• Hyponyms:
windsurf
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. switch channels, on television
• Syn:
channel-surf
• Hypernyms:
switch, shift, change
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
- browse a computer directory
- surf the internet or the world wide web
• Syn:
browse
• Derivationally related forms:
browser (for: browse)
• Hypernyms:
search, seek, look for
• Verb Group:
shop, browse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
|
|
