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Definitions for Surface

[1] the outer face, outside, or exterior boundary of a thing; outermost or uppermost layer or area.
[2] any face of a body or thing: the six surfaces of a cube.
[3] extent or area of outer face; superficial area.
[4] the outward appearance, especially as distinguished from the inner nature: to look below the surface of a matter.
[5] Geometry . any figure having only two dimensions; part or all of the boundary of a solid.
[6] land or sea transportation, rather than air, underground, or undersea transportation.
[7] Aeronautics . an airfoil.
[8] of, on, or pertaining to the surface; external.
[9] apparent rather than real; superficial: to be guilty of surface judgments.
[10] of, relating to, or via land or sea: surface mail.
[11] Linguistics . belonging to a late stage in the transformational derivation of a sentence; belonging to the surface structure.
[12] to finish the surface of; give a particular kind of surface to; make even or smooth.
[13] to bring to the surface; cause to appear openly: Depth charges surfaced the sub. So far we've surfaced no applicants.
[14] to rise to the surface: The submarine surfaced after four days.
[15] to work on or at the surface.
[16] the exterior face of an object or one such face (as modifier ) surface gloss
[17] the area or size of such a face (as modifier ) surface measurements
[18] material resembling such a face, with length and width but without depth
[19] the superficial appearance as opposed to the real nature (as modifier ) a surface resemblance
[20] geometry the complete boundary of a solid figure a continuous two-dimensional configuration
[21] the uppermost level of the land or sea (as modifier ) surface transportation
[22] come to the surface to emerge; become apparent
[23] on the surface to all appearances
[24] to rise or cause to rise to or as if to the surface (of water, etc)
[25] (tr) to treat the surface of, as by polishing, smoothing, etc
[26] (tr) to furnish with a surface
[27] (intr) mining to work at or near the ground surface to wash surface ore deposits
[28] (intr) to become apparent; emerge
[29] (intr) informal to wake up to get up

Words related to Surface

superficial, outer, exterior, shallow, outward, facial, area, top, level, face, skin, expanse, side, facade, materialize, emerge, appear, arise, outside, shoal

Words nearby Surface

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Origin of Surface

1605–15; < French, equivalent to sur- sur-1 + face face, apparently modeled on Latin superficies superficies

Other words from Surface

sur·face·less , adjective
sur·fac·er , noun
non·sur·face , noun, adjective
un·sur·faced , adjective

Word origin for Surface

C17: from French, from sur on + face face , probably on the model of Latin superficies

Synonyms for Surface

exterior, facial, outer, outward, shallow, superficial, covering, outside, shoal, top, apparent, depthless