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   surf

   /səːf/

   noun

   • 1. the mass or line of foam formed by waves breaking on a seashore or reef: "the roar of the surf"
   • 2. a spell of surfing: "he went for an early surf"

   verb

   • 1. stand or lie on a surfboard and ride on a wave towards the shore: "he's learning to surf"
   • ▪ ride (a wave) towards the shore on a surfboard: "he has built a career out of surfing big waves"
   • ▪ ride on the roof or outside of a fast-moving vehicle, typically a train, for excitement: informal "he fell to his death while surfing on a 70 mph train"
   • 2. move from page to page or site to site on (the World Wide Web): "the device allows you to surf the net and send emails"

   Word Origin early 17th century: apparently from obsolete suff, of unknown origin, perhaps influenced by the spelling of surge.

   Derivatives

   • 1. surfy adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • S

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • F

     4

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