to surf
—
to browse (Internet)
2 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | surf | |
| meaning 1 | to ride a surfboard | I took surfing classes, but I quit: I kept falling off the board. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to browse through (a digital source) | I spent the night surfing the web. |
| reference | ODE | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | сёрфить/sërfit’ | |
| meaning 1 | to ride a surfboard | Я бы хотел научиться сёрфить, но у меня нет доски и я живу в Барнауле. I'd like to learn how to surf, but I don't have a surfboard and I live in Barnaul. |
| direction | — | |
| meaning 2 | to browse through (a digital source) | Мой сын постоянно сёрфит в интернете, как его вытащить на улицу? My son is always surfing the internet, how do I get him to go outside? |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||