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🏄 A water sport 🏄 To ride with sail
to windsurfing

to windsurfing

3.4
To stand on a board with a sail and move across water using wind
  • verb
  • /ˈwɪndˌsɜr.fɪŋ/
translation icon : hacer windsurf
  • He windsurfs every weekend at the lake.

Examples

  • Many tourists enjoy windsurfing when they visit the Mediterranean coast in summer.

  • He learned windsurfing as a teenager and now teaches others how to balance on the board.

  • They spent the afternoon windsurfing across the calm lake under a clear blue sky.

  • I love windsurfing on sunny days.

  • They spent the afternoon windsurfing across the calm lake under a clear blue sky.

  • Many tourists enjoy windsurfing when they visit the Mediterranean coast in summer.

  • He learned windsurfing as a teenager and now teaches others how to balance on the board.

Synonyms

to windsurf
vsto windsurfing
5 4.4

To stand on a board with a sail and use the wind to move across water

is not limited to standing, describing the basic riding action
to sailboard
vsto windsurfing
1 4.8

To ride a long narrow board with a sail on the water as a sport

is the general activity not limited to sport use

How Fast

to windsurfing
3.4
to sail
275 1.0
to drift
331 2.9
to float
645 1.0

Surface Forms

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

Morphology

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

The form is the present-participle/gerund of the verb 'windsurf', transparently derived by adding '-ing'.

Etymology

Windsurfing is the same idea for the verb: it is wind + surfing, so to 'windsurf' is to use the 'wind' to 'ride' a board on the water. That's why when someone is windsurfing, they are moving across the water on a board with a sail.