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Surface   /sˈərfəs/   Listen
Surface

noun
1.
The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary.  "The cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"
2.
The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object.  "A brush small enough to clean every dental surface" , "The sun has no distinct surface"
3.
The outermost level of the land or sea.  Synonym: Earth's surface.  "Three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water"
4.
A superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something.
5.
Information that has become public.  Synonym: open.  "The facts had been brought to the surface"
6.
A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight.  Synonyms: aerofoil, airfoil, control surface.
verb
(past & past part. surfaced; pres. part. surfacing)
1.
Come to the surface.  Synonyms: come up, rise, rise up.
2.
Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.  Synonym: coat.
3.
Appear or become visible; make a showing.  Synonyms: come on, come out, show up, turn up.  "I hope the list key is going to surface again"
adjective
1.
On the surface.



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"Surface" Quotes from Famous Books



... spite of their earnestness, often display a certain ironical waggishness which comes into play on easy provocation, and lends an agreeable charm to life, just as the deep brook greets with its silver curling waves the light breeze that skims its surface. ...
— Weird Tales, Vol. II. • E. T. A. Hoffmann
... distance of more than three miles. Further east, a little north of the intersection of Grand and Division Streets, stood another hill, somewhat lower, where Judge Jones lived, from which opened an extensive view of the East River and harbor. On the west side, on this line, the surface sank from Bayard's mount into a spreading marsh as far as the Hudson, and over which now run portions of Canal and Grand and their cross streets. Where we have the Tombs and surrounding blocks, stood the "Fresh Water" lake or "Collect," ...
— The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn • Henry P. Johnston
... passed out of gloom into silver moonlight. Helen's heart bounded. For it was a great frosty-coated bear lumbering along toward the dead horse. Instinctively Helen's hand sought the arm of the hunter. It felt like iron under a rippling surface. The touch eased away the oppression over her lungs, the tightness of her throat. What must have been fear left her, and only a powerful excitement remained. A sharp expulsion of breath from Bo and a violent jerk of her frame were signs that ...
— The Man of the Forest • Zane Grey
... darker tint, and at his feet, cupped out in the smooth greystone, lay a sheet of water. It was dark and evil-looking, and every now and then a puff of wind eddied down from the hills and ruffled the smooth surface. ...
— Mufti • H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile
... undoubtedly was, an ascension was undertaken with the misgivings which usually preface an initial stepping from terra firma to the inconstant air. Once aloft, however, with the widespreading splendor and endless immensity of the earth's surface unrolling beneath him, and an exquisite physical exhilaration thrilling along his nerves, Donaldson became heart and soul an aeronaut. The novel and sensational expedients with which he embellished his subsequent ...
— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 - of Popular Literature and Science • Various


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