Has anyone attempted to "surf" the Internet since 1998?
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Surf
//sɜːf//
Synonyms for "surf" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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13 entriesis a
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2 entriesmotivated by_goal
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2 entriesTranslations
91 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ῥηγμῑ́ν noun (waves that break)
- ῥόθιον noun (waves that break)
Bulgarian
3 entries- прибой noun (waves that break)
- ловя вълни verb (to ride a wave)
- сърфирам verb (to browse the Internet)
Catalan
1 entries- navegar verb (to browse the Internet)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 衝浪 /冲浪 verb (to ride a wave)
Cornish
3 entries- mordardh noun (waves that break)
- mordardha verb (to ride a wave)
- rosya verb (to browse the Internet)
Dutch
3 entries- branding noun (waves that break)
- surfen verb (to ride a wave)
- surfen verb (to browse the Internet)
Esperanto
4 entries- surfo noun (waves that break)
- ondorajdi verb (to ride a wave)
- retumi verb (to browse the Internet)
- surfi verb (to ride a wave)
Faroese
1 entries- brim noun (waves that break)
Finnish
3 entries- surffi noun (waves that break)
- lainelautailla verb (to ride a wave)
- surffata verb (to browse the Internet)
French
3 entries- brisants noun (waves that break)
- surfer verb (to ride a wave)
- surfer verb (to browse the Internet)
Galician
1 entries- rompente noun (waves that break)
German
4 entries- Brandung noun (waves that break)
- surfen verb (to ride a wave)
- surfen verb (to browse the Internet)
- wellenreiten verb (to ride a wave)
Hawaiian
1 entries- e heʻe nalu verb (to ride a wave)
Hebrew
2 entries- גלש verb (to ride a wave)
- גלש verb (to browse the Internet)
Hungarian
4 entries- hullám noun (waves that break)
- taraj noun (waves that break)
- hullámlovagol verb (to ride a wave)
- szörföl verb (to browse the Internet)
Icelandic
1 entries- brim noun (waves that break)
Irish
1 entries- bruth noun (waves that break)
Italian
4 entries- flutti noun (waves that break)
- frangenti noun (waves that break)
- fare surf verb (to ride a wave)
- navigare verb (to browse the Internet)
Japanese
1 entries- サーフインをする verb (to ride a wave)
Māori
4 entries- auheke noun (waves that break)
- karekare noun (waves that break)
- pōhutu noun (waves that break)
- tai whati noun (waves that break)
Navajo
1 entries- bitaaʼ dilkʼąąs verb (to browse the Internet)
Norman
2 entries- seurfer verb (to ride a wave)
- seurfer verb (to browse the Internet)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- brenning noun (waves that break)
Polish
3 entries- przybój noun (waves that break)
- surfować verb (to ride a wave)
- surfować verb (to browse the Internet)
Portuguese
3 entries- rebentação noun (waves that break)
- navegar verb (to browse the Internet)
- surfar verb (to ride a wave)
Russian
3 entries- прибо́й noun (waves that break)
- занима́ться сёрфингом verb (to ride a wave)
- сёрфить verb (to browse the Internet)
Samoan
1 entries- e fa'ase'e i le galu verb (to ride a wave)
Spanish
4 entries- marea noun (waves that break)
- oleaje noun (waves that break)
- navegar verb (to browse the Internet)
- surfear verb (to ride a wave)
Swahili
1 entries- peruzi verb (to browse the Internet)
Swedish
2 entries- surfa verb (to ride a wave)
- surfa verb (to browse the Internet)
Tongan
1 entries- fānifo verb (to ride a wave)
Turkish
1 entries- sörf yapmak verb (to ride a wave)
Ukrainian
1 entries- займа́тися се́рфінгом verb (to ride a wave)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cuộc lướt sóng noun (waves that break)
- lướt mạng verb (to browse the Internet)
- lướt sóng verb (to ride a wave)
- lướt web verb (to browse the Internet)
Welsh
4 entries- brig y don noun (waves that break)
- ewyn môr noun (waves that break)
- ewyn y don noun (waves that break)
- beistonna verb (to ride a wave)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
We should go surf sometime!
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When you surf the web, you may be tracked by websites.
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We ate surf and turf.
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