surface

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/ˈsɜːfɪs/ English

Definitions

noun

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.

verb

To provide something with a surface.
To apply a surface to something.
To rise to the surface.
To bring to the surface.

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Synonyms

overside superfice rise up rise aboveground come on open show up turn up come up come out grade surficial superficial strip skin-deep shallow aerofoil

Associated

submerged albedo groundwater measuring tension runoff layer beam texture smooth crater lunar

Rhymes

resurface subsurface searfoss

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