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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

channel-surf en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To skim through a series of television stations, each for a brief moment, by repeated use of a remote control.
    • To change the channel is one thing, but he was channel-surfing so much that I didn't even enjoy watching TV with him.
    • I channel-surfed for half an hour before deciding there was nothing worth watching.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
channel-surfing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
channel-surfs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
channel-surfed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
channel-surfed Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

stay tuned

Hypernyms

change the channel

Relateds

channel surf

Synonyms

zap · channel hop