Definition for Surf:

• surf, n. the foam made by the dashing of waves.-- ns. SURF'- BIRD, a plover-like bird found on the Pacific coasts of North and South America, akin to sandpipers and turnstones, and sometimes called Boreal sandpiper and Plover-billed turnstone; SURF'- DUCK, the scoter ( q.v.); SURF'MAN, one skilful in handling boats in surf.-- adj. SURF'Y. [ Skeat explains the r as intrusive, and suggests that suffe is the same as ' sough of the sea,' M. E. swough, swoughen, swowen-- A.S. swógan, to make a rushing sound.]

Synonyms for Surf:

• n.

  •
  • ocean,
  • aquaplane,
  • tide,
  • rollers,
  • inner-tubing,
  • combers,
  • surfing,
  • breaking waves.
  •
  • cap,
  • backwash,
  • low tide,
  • high tide,
  • high water,
  • flood tide,
  • billow,
  • high-water mark,
  • crest.
  •
  • download,
  • bookmark,
  • facebook,
  • host,
  • maintain,
  • hook up,
  • chat,
  • dial-up,
  • flame.
  •breaker (noun)
  • roller.
  •breakers (noun)
  • breakers.
  •browse (noun)
  • browse.
  •bubble (noun)
  • cloud,
  • spray,
  • fizz,
  • bubble,
  • lather,
  • effervescence.
  •channel-surf (noun)
  • channel-surf.
  •sea (noun)
  • briny deeps,
  • davy jones locker,
  • pro-fusions,
  • pro-fusion,
  • bounding mains,
  • pro fusions,
  • davy jones's lockers.
  •surge (noun)
  • efflux,
  • intensification.
  •swell (noun)
  • up-rise,
  • up-rises,
  • up rise,
  • up rises.
  •white water (noun)
  • white-water,
  • wild waters,
  • soapsudses,
  • spoondrifts.

• v.

  •contact (verb)
  • surf.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • water-skiing,
  • windsurfing,
  • sailboard,
  • jet ski,
  • duck,
  • body board,
  • wakeboarding.
  •bivalve
  • clam.

Paraphrases for Surf:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    surfing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    surfing.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    snowboard, browsing, Navigating, navigation.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sailing, surfer.

Surf Sentence Examples:

• She was on what was now the windward reef - as it had been when she struck upon it; the surf would pile up on the reef again, raising the level of the water by perhaps three or four feet, and in that case the poor old Yorkshire Lass would be washed off the coral into the lagoon, and would there sink.

• There was the wreck; all the people from the village stood on the beach, and all said it would be foolish to go out; we never should work through the surf.

Homophones for Surf:

• soar up, serbia, sarape, sorb, scrapie, scarf, serape, scorpio, scrip, sharpie, scruffy, skiagraph, seraph, serb, serf, seriph, scrub up, scurfy, serif, scare off, survive, sharp, square off, scarp, scrape, survey, syrupy, scrape up, scurf, Schizocarp, sheriff, sherpa, scrub, saccharify, syrup, scribe, sharpy, scrape by, screwup, shrive, swear off, scruff, sirup, sugar pea, scarab, shore up, swerve, shrubby, serve up, scurvy, serve, CERF, scrapheap, screw up, servo, scrubby, scarify, skiagraphy, scrap, Sus Scrofa, scrappy, shrub, sakharov, square up.

Hypernym for Surf:

• v.

  • motion
    windsurf.

Hyponym for Surf:

• v.

  • contact
    look for, search, seek.
  • motion
    glide.