SURF


Meaning of SURF in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

channel surfing

kite surfing

surf 'n' turf

surf the Internet (= look at different websites )

She spends hours surfing the Internet every evening.

surfing the Net (= looking at information in different places on the Internet )

Bruce spends most evenings surfing the Net .

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

internet

Who spends an inordinate number of work hours surfing the Internet ?

When she is not doing work for her church, Stroup is surfing the Internet for more information about her Maine ancestors.

net

We give them quizzes on Britain and allow them to surf the net .

So a user could be surfing the Net at warp speed while talking on the phone.

A recent survey shows that about half of all users surf the Net from their homes.

At the other end of the spectrum is the so-called Internet appliance, the very low-cost device for just surfing the Net .

It was the year of spinoffs, surging financial markets and surfing the Net .

web

But if you just want to use your computer for word-processing or web-surfing , avoid it like the plague.

Unless your son catches on to the research potential on the Web , surfing can be pretty passive.

Instead of congressional intervention, Waxman encouraged parents to begin paying closer attention to their children's Web surfing .

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

extreme sports/surfing/skiing etc

The explosion of extreme sports in recent years has produced an unprecedented number of ultra-endurance races.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Many youngsters spend hours surfing the net.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

So a user could be surfing the Net at warp speed while talking on the phone.

We give them quizzes on Britain and allow them to surf the net.

You open a Beenz account and then surf about.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Again and again the lifeboat was thrown back by the surf .

Ahead of them, Trent could hear the surf smashing on the reef, heavy now and threatening.

Fortunately it wasn't the usual Aussie surf !

He came out of the surf exhausted and starving and naked.

If the surf is really big, it sounds like a constant low roar.

The initial report was: Child in surf .

Then the rod-man screamed, arm pointing straight ahead at the surf .

You will see groups of them clustered way out beyond the breaking surf waiting for the best waves.

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