surf Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun waves breaking on the shore
    breaker; breakers.
  2. verb ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
    surfboard.
    • Californians love to surf
  3. verb look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
    browse.
    • browse a computer directory
    • surf the internet or the world wide web
  4. verb switch channels, on television
    channel-surf.

WordNet


Surf noun
Etymology
Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.
Definitions
  1. The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.
Surf noun
Definitions
  1. The bottom of a drain. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913