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Meaning of "body-surf" in the English dictionary

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BODY-SURF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Body-Surf is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb body-surf in English.

WHAT DOES BODY-SURF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of body-surf in the English dictionary

The definition of body-surf in the dictionary is to ride a wave by lying on it without a surfboard. Other definition of body-surf is to fling oneself prone onto a crowd of people, for example on a dance floor or at a rock concert, and move or be carried over their heads.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BODY-SURF

PRESENT

Present
I body-surf
you body-surf
he/she/it body-surfs
we body-surf
you body-surf
they body-surf
Present continuous
I am body-surfing
you are body-surfing
he/she/it is body-surfing
we are body-surfing
you are body-surfing
they are body-surfing
Present perfect
I have body-surfed
you have body-surfed
he/she/it has body-surfed
we have body-surfed
you have body-surfed
they have body-surfed
Present perfect continuous
I have been body-surfing
you have been body-surfing
he/she/it has been body-surfing
we have been body-surfing
you have been body-surfing
they have been body-surfing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I body-surfed
you body-surfed
he/she/it body-surfed
we body-surfed
you body-surfed
they body-surfed
Past continuous
I was body-surfing
you were body-surfing
he/she/it was body-surfing
we were body-surfing
you were body-surfing
they were body-surfing
Past perfect
I had body-surfed
you had body-surfed
he/she/it had body-surfed
we had body-surfed
you had body-surfed
they had body-surfed
Past perfect continuous
I had been body-surfing
you had been body-surfing
he/she/it had been body-surfing
we had been body-surfing
you had been body-surfing
they had been body-surfing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will body-surf
you will body-surf
he/she/it will body-surf
we will body-surf
you will body-surf
they will body-surf
Future continuous
I will be body-surfing
you will be body-surfing
he/she/it will be body-surfing
we will be body-surfing
you will be body-surfing
they will be body-surfing
Future perfect
I will have body-surfed
you will have body-surfed
he/she/it will have body-surfed
we will have body-surfed
you will have body-surfed
they will have body-surfed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been body-surfing
you will have been body-surfing
he/she/it will have been body-surfing
we will have been body-surfing
you will have been body-surfing
they will have been body-surfing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would body-surf
you would body-surf
he/she/it would body-surf
we would body-surf
you would body-surf
they would body-surf
Conditional continuous
I would be body-surfing
you would be body-surfing
he/she/it would be body-surfing
we would be body-surfing
you would be body-surfing
they would be body-surfing
Conditional perfect
I would have body-surf
you would have body-surf
he/she/it would have body-surf
we would have body-surf
you would have body-surf
they would have body-surf
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been body-surfing
you would have been body-surfing
he/she/it would have been body-surfing
we would have been body-surfing
you would have been body-surfing
they would have been body-surfing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you body-surf
we let´s body-surf
you body-surf
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to body-surf
Past participle
body-surfed
Present Participle
body-surfing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BODY-SURF

body snatcher
body snatching
body stocking
body swerve
body warmer
body wrap
body-centred
body-con
body-line
body-packer
body-swerve
bodyboard
bodyboarding
bodybuilder
bodycheck
bodyguard
bodyshaper
bodyshell
bodysuit
bodysurfer

WORDS THAT END LIKE BODY-SURF

Astroturf
channel-surf
curf
egosurf
go with the turf
returf
scurf
skysurf
surf
surf ´n´ turf
the turf
turf
unturf
windsurf

Synonyms and antonyms of body-surf in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «body-surf» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BODY-SURF

Find out the translation of body-surf to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of body-surf from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «body-surf» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

人体冲浪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuerpo -surf
570 millions of speakers

English

body-surf
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शरीर सर्फ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هيئة الأمواج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тело - серфинга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corpo - de surf
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শরীর-সার্ফ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

corps -surf
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melayari badan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Körper -surf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボディサーフィン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

바디 서핑
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Body-surf
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cơ thể lướt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உடல் சர்ஃப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शरीर-सर्फ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vücuda sörf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corpo surf
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

surfowania ciała
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тіло - серфінгу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

body- surf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σώμα - surf
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liggaam - branders
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kroppssurfa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

body- surf
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of body-surf

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BODY-SURF»

The term «body-surf» is normally little used and occupies the 127.638 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BODY-SURF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «body-surf» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «body-surf» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about body-surf

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BODY-SURF»

Discover the use of body-surf in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to body-surf and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Surf Training Ultimate Guide:
This makes surf fitness training important. Lower Body Surf fitness training for your lower body should consist of two elements; strength and balance. For strength you might consider lunges, squats, and leg presses. It's important to work both ...
V.T., 2014
2
Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport
63) he'e umauma: body-surfing; to body-surf (PE, p. 63) heihei nalu: a surfboard race (H, vol. 1, p. 656) honua nalu: the base of a breaker (PE, p. 80) ho'onalu: to form waves (PE, p. 260) kuia: an especially high wave formed by the meeting of ...
Ben R. Finney, James D. Houston, 1996
3
Heterogeneous Objects Modelling and Applications: Collection ...
The IC H is generated automatically by the operation IC H = IC_subtractive_union(A,M) The complex H involves cells equivalent to all the cells of IC A: neck and body h h = , 2 _ 2 _ h = , h = 2 2 1 _ 1 _ line neck lineneck a surf body surf ...
Alexander Pasko, Valery Adzhiev, Peter Comninos, 2008
4
Cheats Xbox
Go to the cheats screen as shown, and then type in the following button combination: Right, Right, Left, Down, Up, Up, Up, Down Once this code has been entered correctly, you'll have the Body Surf ability unlocked and available to you.
GameOn Digital
5
Greenback Dollar: The Incredible Rise of the Kingston Trio
A smiling photo of Bob and his beach boy pals taken in 1952 shows them leaning against a beached catamaran at Waikiki, although Shane said they did little sailing. “We were really into body surf— ing. The surfer craze with surfboards wasn't ...
William J. Bush, 2013
6
Memoirs of My Years With Ibm: 1951-1986
We were at the Copacabana Beach Hotel in Rio de Janeiro on a Saturday morning and Gil said, “Put on your bathing suit, I'm going to teach you how to body surf.” I responded, “Gilbert, you can teach me many things but you can not teach me ...
Gordon R. Williamson, 2008
7
One Two Three
Now, whenever, a few of us are within striking distance of an ocean we can't resist getting there to body surf. At the end of Marie Therese's senior year at AIS, she along with Edward, Bill, Marion, and I were driving along the rocky, wild, north ...
James A. Gillcrist, 2002
8
A Wild Ride (Jessica Brodie Diaries #3):
I rolled myeyes. “She's gonnabody board,” Williamsaid to Adam. “Body surf,”I corrected. “Body surf? Cool, dude. Let's give it a try, bro!” Adam exclaimed, attempting toaffect a Californian accent. We all headed out beyond the waves, Adam and ...
K.F. Breene, 2014
9
Saltwater Flies for South African Waters: A Surf and Estuary ...
Good imitations are the Glass Cape silverside Minnow (modified with a blue Lurex body), Surf Candy, Blue Silverside, Irish Blonde, and suitably coloured Lefty's Deceiver. Silversides are notable for their broad head and it pays to modify ...
Bill Hansford-Steele, 2005
10
The Cambridge Street Hooligans
In that day the surfboard was not in use then, so we used to body surf. It was great fun I often wonder why the surfboard caught on so big. We use to surf at Corona Del Mar, which had a jetty on one side of the beach, the other end of the beach ...
Reginald Gould, 2006

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BODY-SURF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term body-surf is used in the context of the following news items.
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BYU finishes off the regular season with a thrilling five set win over …
He also contributed a game-high five blocks, including one in the fifth set that put the Cougars up 12-9 which prompted a body-surf celebration ... «Deseret News, Apr 15»

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