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to windsurf

to windsurf

5 4.4
To stand on a board with a sail and use the wind to move across water
  • verb
  • /ˈwɪndˌsɜrf/
translation icon : hacer windsurf
  • We spent the afternoon at the lake, where we decided to windsurf for the first time.
  • go windsurfing
  • like to windsurf

Examples

  • People windsurf across the Atlantic?

    Blog text (5)

  • She began as a teenager, showing people how to sail and windsurf.

    Blog text (10)

  • My son, daughter, and husband windsurfed two full days in Tarifa, Spain.

    Blog text (9)

  • You weren't surfing, you were windsurfing.

    Riding Giants (2004)

  • Sergey is an avid windsurfer and would like to come to Hawaii to windsurf there.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Being continually short of money, I would drive my wreck of a motor scooter down to Cadiz every summer, stay with my uncle, rent a board, and go windsurfing.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • During our vacation, we windsurfed along the beautiful coastline every day.

  • She loves to windsurf whenever there is a strong wind on the water.

Synonyms

to windsurfing
vsto windsurf
3.4

To stand on a board with a sail and move across water using wind

specifies doing this while standing on the board

How Fast

to windsurf
5 4.4
to surf
89 2.1
to sail
275 1.0
to float
645 1.0
to drift
331 2.9

Surface Forms

windsurf infinitive
windsurfed past
windsurfed past participle
windsurfing present participle
windsurfs third person singular

Morphology

windsurf = wind + surf (transparent) = wind + surf

The verb is a straightforward compound meaning to surf using the wind; learners who know 'wind' and 'surf' can readily infer the activity.

Etymology

Windsurf combines wind ('moving air') and surf ('to ride the waves'), so it literally means riding a board powered by the wind. That's why to windsurf is to stand on a board with a sail and use the wind to move across the water.