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# surfing

noun (surfing — uncountable); verb, -ing form of «surf»

«surfing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The sport of riding on waves on a surfboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#m1)
2. (in «web surfing», «internet surfing») Looking around on the internet, going from site to site. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#m2)
3. Riding waves or moving along on something, as in «bodysurfing» or «crowd-surfing». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#m3)

### In the lessons

Surfing is a famous sport in Australia, Hawaii, California, New Zealand, Ireland and Cornwall in England; it is in the Olympic Games. In safety lessons, pupils learn to surf only with lessons and lifeguards. «Surfing the web» is everyday computer talk. Phrases: «go surfing», «surfing lessons», «surfing competition», «web surfing».

### Examples

- We went surfing on our summer holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#x1)
- Surfing takes balance and strength. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#x2)
- She is having surfing lessons at the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#x3)
- Surfing became an Olympic sport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#x4)
- The coach explained surfing safety: never surf alone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#x5)
- Too much web surfing makes my eyes tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#x6)
- Bodysurfing is surfing without a board. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable as a sport: «I love surfing», not «a surfing». A person who surfs is a «surfer». The board is a «surfboard». Do not mix up «surfing» (waves) and «serving» (in tennis or at a table).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «surfing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/surfing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«surfing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/surfing.html) on Mova free.