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surface

/ˈsɜːfɪs/

noun

Meaning

  • The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.

  • The outside hull of a tangible object.

  • Outward or external appearance.

    "On the surface, the spy looked like a typical businessman."

  • The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.

  • (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.

Synonyms

overside,
superfice

verb

Meaning

  • To provide something with a surface.

  • To apply a surface to something.

  • To rise to the surface.

  • To bring to the surface.

  • To come out of hiding.

  • For information or facts to become known.

  • To make information or facts known.

  • To work a mine near the surface.

  • To appear or be found.