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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | surface | On the surface |
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| 2 | surface, skin-deep, superficial | Involving a surface only | |
| NOUN | 1 | surface | The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary |
| 2 | surface | The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object | |
| 3 | surface, Earth's surface | The outermost level of the land or sea | |
| 4 | surface | A superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something | |
| 5 | surface, open | Information that has become public | |
| 6 | surface, airfoil, aerofoil, control surface | A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air | |
| VERB | 1 | surface, come up, rise up, rise | Come to the surface |
| 2 | surface, coat | Put a coat on | |
| 3 | surface, come on, come out, turn up, show up | Appear or become visible |
| Sounds | ser'fahs |
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| Rhymes | abacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs... |
| Meaning | On the surface. |
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| Examples | "surface materials of the moon" |
| Contrary | subsurface; overhead |
| Similar | aboveground; grade-constructed; opencast, opencut |
| Meaning | Involving a surface only. |
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| Examples | "a surface wound" |
| Synonyms | skin-deep, superficial |
| Similar to | shallow |
| Meaning | The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary. |
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| Examples | "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface" |
| Broader | artifact, artefact |
| Narrower | bed; board, gameboard; face; ground; horizontal surface, level; Klein bottle; meniscus; miter, mitre; Mobius strip; plaster, plasterwork; screen, silver screen, projection screen; side; skin; spandrel, spandril; superficies; tread; vertical surface; work surface |
| Verbs | surface |
| Meaning | The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object. |
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| Examples | "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" |
| Broader | boundary, bound, bounds |
| Narrower | interface; hard palate; palate, roof of the mouth; side, face; celestial sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens, vault of heaven, welkin; end; inside, interior; outside, exterior; substrate, substratum; wave front, wavefront; photosphere |
| Adjectives | superficial |
| Verbs | surface |
| Meaning | The outermost level of the land or sea. |
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| Examples | "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" |
| Synonyms | Earth's surface |
| Part of | lithosphere, geosphere |
| Parts | body of water, water; opening, gap |
| Broader | layer |
| Narrower | floor |
| Adjectives | surficial |
| Verbs | surface |
| Meaning | A superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something. |
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| Examples | "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface" |
| Broader | aspect, facet |
| Verbs | surface |
| Meaning | Information that has become public. |
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| Examples | "the facts had been brought to the surface" |
| Synonyms | open |
| Broader | public knowledge, general knowledge |
| Verbs | surface |
| Meaning | A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air. Can lift or control a plane in flight. |
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| Synonyms | airfoil, aerofoil, control surface |
| Parts | leading edge; trailing edge |
| Broader | device |
| Narrower | aileron; elevator; flap, flaps; horizontal stabilizer, horizontal stabiliser, tailplane; rotor blade, rotary wing; rudder; spoiler; spoiler; stabilizer; vertical tail; wing |
| Meaning | Come to the surface. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | come up, rise up, rise |
| Broader | ascend, go up |
| Narrower | emerge; resurface; bubble up, intumesce; well, swell |
| Nouns | surface; surfacing; surface; surface |
| Meaning | Put a coat on. Cover the surface of. Furnish with a surface. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | coat |
| Broader | cover |
| Narrower | rubberize, rubberise, rubber; anodize, anodise; gelatinize; skim; stucco; egg; encrust, incrust; dredge; soot; refinish; brush on; patinate, patinize, patinise; resurface; crumb; copper; finish; bonderize, bonderise; blacktop; foliate; galvanize, galvanise; pave; varnish, seal; glaze; tar; enrobe; plaster, daub; render; skimcoat; paint; cement; grit; plate; metal; macadamize, macadamise, tarmac; size; metalize, metallize; platinize; porcelainize; zinc |
| Nouns | surface |
| Meaning | Appear or become visible. Make a showing. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "I hope the list key is going to surface again" |
| Synonyms | come on, come out, turn up, show up |
| Broader | appear |
| Nouns | surface |
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